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  • Psychiatry

    Study shows weight-loss drug rimonabant is associated with severe adverse psychiatric events

    A meta-analysis highlights how the anti-obesity drug rimonabant is associated with increased risk of depressive disorders.

    The Lancet - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://www.thelancet.com

  • Ophthalmology

    Study shows fenofibrate reduces need for laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy

    Diabetic retinopathy has become the main cause of loss of vision and blindness in working age adults in developed and developing countries.

    The Lancet - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://www.thelancet.com

  • Infectious Diseases

    Tenofovir/emtricitabine reduces HIV viral resistance in pregnant women

    A single oral dose of tenofovir and emtricitabine at delivery decreases HIV-viral resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs among women given nevirapine for perinatal HIV prevention.

    The Lancet - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://www.thelancet.com

  • Orthopaedics

    Growth factors may affect older women's bone density more than does vitamin D

    Osteoporosis is one of the most common diseases, still a new doctoral dissertation from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that few women are diagnosed and treated in time.

    Karolinska Institutet - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en

  • Neurology

    Migraine brains "are different"

    Scientists have discovered differences in the sensory areas of the brains of people who develop migraines.

    BBC News - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://news.bbc.co.uk

  • Oncology

    Popping bubbles to treat cancer

    Scientists at the University of Oxford are trying to harness the energy released when bubbles burst as a way of killing off cancer cells.

    BBC News - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://news.bbc.co.uk

  • General medicine

    Public Consultation regarding a European Action in the Field of Rare Diseases

    The European Commission plans to publish in November 2008 a Communication on a European Action in the Field of Rare Diseases.

    Health-EU - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm

  • General medicine

    50 Years of Food Safety in the EU

    To celebrate 50 Years of Food Safety in the EU, the European Commission has published an illustrated book outlining the changes, challenges and successes in this field across the decades.

    Health-EU - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm

  • Neurology

    Brain waves reveal intensity of pain

    Recordings from electrodes in the human brain may offer the first objective way to measure the intensity of pain. Researchers say that they have found a neural signal that correlates with the amount of pain that an individual feels.

    Nature - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://www.nature.com/

  • Infectious Diseases

    HIV vaccine may raise risk

    An HIV vaccine made by Merck that failed in clinical trials may have increased the susceptibility of some trial participants to the AIDS virus, researchers reported last week. The findings have left scientists grappling with the problem of how to handle future trials of vaccines that use similar strategies to stimulate an immune response.

    Nature - Tue, 20 November 2007
    http://www.nature.com/
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