Articles By Jonathan Weiss
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British National Health Service Covering Prophylactic Breast Cancer Drugs
With a change in NHS guidelines, prophylactic breast cancer drugs can now be given to prevent breast cancer in a large percentage of high-risk women in the UK. -
Black Death Infects Two Dogs In New Mexico; The Bubonic Plague Is Still Out There [VIDEO]
The bubonic plague has caused two dogs in New Mexico to fall ill. -
US Supreme Court Rules That Generic Drug Makers Are Not Liable For Design Defects
Generic drug companies cannot be sued by patients who have adverse reactions because these companies did not design the drugs nor pursue the initial FDA approval process, says the Supreme Court. -
Sinus Infections In Kids May Not Require Antibiotics, Just Monitoring, According To New American Academy Of Pediatrics Guidelines
New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines recommend pediatricians to wait for three days and monitor children with sinus infections before prescribing antibiotics. -
GSK Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug, Albiglutide, Proves Better Than Most In 5 Late-Stage Clinical Trials
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that in five late-stage Phase III clinical trials, its experimental type 2 diabetes treatment, albiglutide, was more effective than other diabetes drugs. -
Serelaxin, Experimental Heart Drug From Norvartis, Obtains FDA Breakthrough Status
An experimental drug from Novartis, called serelaxin, has been granted FDA breakthrough status, speeding the drug approval process and its potential use in acute heart failure patients. -
First Hepatitis C Genotyping Test Approved By FDA, Heralding Personalized Treatment Before Curing Drug Introductions
The newly FDA-approved hepatitis C genotyping test comes months before the FDA is set to announce approvals of new drugs for certain genotypes of the virus. -
Fructose Can Cause Liver Damage Without Weight Gain; High Fructose Corn Syrup Is In Just About All Processed Foods
In primate experiments, scientists saw primates experience liver damage after a high fructose diet, without becoming obese. -
NanoKnife Electrocution Prostate Cancer Treatment Gets FDA Nod To Begin Testing
Using small electric pulses to make holes in cancer cells and ultimately kill them, the NanoKnife electrocution device could be a potential prostate cancer treatment. -
Fecal Transplant Procedures Require No Further Regulation; FDA Takes A Step Back
The FDA will no longer require individual doctors to submit documents for each fecal transplant that they perform, allowing doctors to save lives quicker. -
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Drug Eylea Shown To Work When Other Medications Fail
An age-related macular degeneration drug called Eylea has been shown to work in patients when two other drugs fail to stop blood vessel leakage and loss of vision. -
One Million Babies Born Without HIV: Program Started Under President Bush Celebrates Global Success And Saving Millions Of Lives [VIDEO]
After 10 years of hard work and billions in funding for President Bush's AIDS relief program, a landmark of the one millionth baby born without HIV is cause for celebration.
