A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new medicines -- if emerging viruses such as the H5N1(avian flu) or H1N1/09 (swine flu) develop resistance to current antiviral therapies -- according [...]

A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine’s ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric reflux and fecal incontinence. This technique may be used to strengthen sphincters, which are the bands of muscle [...]

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Concerns that the diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos raise the risk for heart failure led the FDA to require label changes warning of the potential risk two years ago.

Serious reactions to the H1N1 swine flu vaccine are about the same as the seasonal flu vaccine, according to the CDC.

Multiple sclerosis spasticity may be aided and reduced through the use of marijuana extracts, according to a new study.

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