An article published in the April 2008 edition of the American Medical Association News shows 3,170 pairs of prescription drugs have names that look or sound so much alike they can easily lead to serious medication errors. The report stems from a January 2008 drug review compiled by US Pharmacopeia (USP), a nonprofit organization based [...]

Cancer survivors know treatment side effects have a way popping up at inconvenient times and places — sometimes even at the airport. So what do you do if you’re stuck at the airline terminal and you suddenly start to feel ill? These days you might not need to leave the airport to get medical assistance. [...]

An alternative health company is asking citizens of the United Kingdom to support legislation which would include herbal supplements and other natural treatments in clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of investigational drugs against a placebo. Sweet Cures of York, a marketer of herbal products and natural remedies, has launched a campaign to gain public support [...]

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) has announced they’re discontinuing Phase III clinical trials on tremelimumab, an experimental treatment for melanoma. The company terminated the trials because their research indicates the developmental drug is no more effective than existing chemotherapies already approved to treat the potentially deadly skin cancer. A representative from Pfizer Global Research [...]

PerkinElmer, Inc (NYSE: PKI) is celebrating the opening of a new research and development facility in Singapore. The company, which develops a wide range of products for the scientific community and the industrial sector, established the facility to expand its health and environmental infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific Region. Opening ceremonies for the PerkinElmer Inc Center [...]

A study commissioned by the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) to analyze popular personal care and household products has detected the presence of a known carcinogen in almost half the items inspected. The OCA utilized a third-party laboratory to test dozens of shampoos, soaps, body washes/gels, moisturizers, deodorants, sunscreens, and household cleansers labeled as “organic” or [...]

The US Postal Service (USPS) is honoring the achievements of four dedicated scientists whose discoveries have significantly impacted cancer research, medicine, and other fields of science. To recognize the important contributions of these visionaries, the USPS is offering a series of commemorative stamps entitled American Scientists. The individuals being honored in the new series are [...]

Possibly no other form of cancer is more feared or less talked about than penile cancer. A series of paintings and a book published by London artist John D. Edwards is helping change that for the thousands of men diagnosed with the disease each year. In the early 1990s, Edwards discovered a lump in his [...]

The US Patent and Trademark Office has ruled one of three human embryonic stem cell patents currently held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is valid. The agency made the ruling in response to a series of challenges and appeals filed by WARF and the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR). Decisions [...]

An inspirational book is helping dogs with cancer receive expensive medical treatments their owners can’t afford to give them. Cliff and I: My Dog’s Journey Through Cancer and Beyond chronicles the author’s personal experience helping her German Shepherd battle cancer. As a tribute to her beloved pet, Cliff’s writer Joanne M. DeFluri is donating the [...]