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Patient Safety
Patient Safety: is the prevention of harm to patients. Emphasis is often placed on the system of care delivery that prevents errors, learns from the errors that occur and is built on a culture of safety that involves health care professionals, organizations and patients. Patient safety practices have been defined as those that reduce the risk of adverse events related to exposure to medical care across a range of diagnoses or conditions.
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APR 13, 2020Cardiology
Cardiotoxicity, heart electrophysiology dysfunction or muscle damage, is one of the most common reasons why drugs ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 11, 2020Cardiology
Using cell therapy, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have successfully restored mobility and a sense of touch ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Although US President Donald Trump is a strong supporter of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVI ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2020Cancer
Cancer treatments have a lot of side effects. For breast cancer chemotherapies that use drugs like anthracycline an ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2020Microbiology
New research has suggested that after long-term follow-up, HIV is no longer detectable in a patient that was previously ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A study concludes that a low-dose of the clot-busting drug—tenecteplase—may be beneficial for eligible strok ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 24, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Photoacoustic imaging is an emerging tool with a vast array of biomedical applications ranging from the detection of bra ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A drug by the name of ‘rosiglitazone’ used to treat type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with increase ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 12, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use can carry a variety of benefits and risks for recreational consumers, patients, doctors and businesses. And ...Written By: Julia TraversFEB 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is approving new drugs for patients on less and less evidence thanks to special p ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 10, 2020Health & Medicine
Cannabis edibles are growing in popularity, while cannabis products become more widely accepted across the country and b ...DEC 23, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
As announced by the Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center in a press release, a new eye solution was recently approved by the ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 23, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved DAYVIGO™ (lemborexant) in 5 mg and 10 mg for the treatmen ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 23, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an atypical antipsychotic Caplyta (lumateperone; Intra-Cellular T ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 22, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has now approved a new medication for migraines. The drug is called ‘ubrogepa ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
With the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac increasingly coming under question, the sear ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 18, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Using rat models of spinal cord injuries, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, thought treating them with stem cell therapy would po ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 16, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists are now using exosomes intravenously as a method of cell-to-cell technology for treating patients with trauma ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 26, 2019Microbiology
A flu drug, while still safe and effective, encourages flu viruses to mutate, especially in children.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study shows that patients who take a maximum dose of statin drugs in addition to a twice-yearly injection of th ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 17, 2019Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2019Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant ...Written By: Annie Lennon
APR 13, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiotoxicity, heart electrophysiology dysfunction or muscle damage, is one of the most common reasons why drugs
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 11, 2020
Cardiology
Using cell therapy, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have successfully restored mobility and a sense of touch
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Although US President Donald Trump is a strong supporter of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVI
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2020
Cancer
Cancer treatments have a lot of side effects. For breast cancer chemotherapies that use drugs like anthracycline an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2020
Microbiology
New research has suggested that after long-term follow-up, HIV is no longer detectable in a patient that was previously
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A study concludes that a low-dose of the clot-busting drug—tenecteplase—may be beneficial for eligible strok
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 24, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Photoacoustic imaging is an emerging tool with a vast array of biomedical applications ranging from the detection of bra
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug by the name of ‘rosiglitazone’ used to treat type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with increase
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 12, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use can carry a variety of benefits and risks for recreational consumers, patients, doctors and businesses. And
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
FEB 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is approving new drugs for patients on less and less evidence thanks to special p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 10, 2020
Health & Medicine
Cannabis edibles are growing in popularity, while cannabis products become more widely accepted across the country and b
...
DEC 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
As announced by the Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center in a press release, a new eye solution was recently approved by the
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved DAYVIGO™ (lemborexant) in 5 mg and 10 mg for the treatmen
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an atypical antipsychotic Caplyta (lumateperone; Intra-Cellular T
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 22, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has now approved a new medication for migraines. The drug is called ‘ubrogepa
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
With the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac increasingly coming under question, the sear
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Using rat models of spinal cord injuries, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, thought treating them with stem cell therapy would po
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 16, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists are now using exosomes intravenously as a method of cell-to-cell technology for treating patients with trauma
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 26, 2019
Microbiology
A flu drug, while still safe and effective, encourages flu viruses to mutate, especially in children.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study shows that patients who take a maximum dose of statin drugs in addition to a twice-yearly injection of th
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 17, 2019
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2019
Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon