US H1N1pdm09 Tamiflu Resistance Increases
The commentary discusses the increase in H274Y Tamiflu resistance in the week 46 FluView. (11/22/13 18:30) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - November 23, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
H1N1pdm09 Louisiana Tamiflu Resistance Cluster
The commentary discusses the H1N1pdm09 Tamiflu resistance (H274Y oseltamivir) in Louisiana. (11/19/13 21:45) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - November 23, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Taiwan: first human case of new bird flu virus
The world's first case of a wild avian influenza A H6N1 virus has been confirmed in a 20-year-old Taiwanese woman. Scientists who analyzed the virus found it has a genetic mutation, allowing it to get into human cells and cause infection.Results of their findings were published in a study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The woman entered a hospital in central Taiwan in May 2013 with flu-like symptoms and difficulty breathing. Her doctors say she fully recovered after treatment with oseltamivir (Tamiflu). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Flu / Cold / SARS Source Type: news
Experts with links to drugs industry 'hyped swine flu'
Conclusion
This was a well-conducted study, albeit based on a small sample of articles. The finding that academics with ties to the drugs industry were more likely to make a higher assessment of risk from swine flu, and those promoting the use of antiviral drugs were more likely to have industry links, is worrying.
The general issue of academics with undisclosed links to the pharmaceutical industry being interviewed by journalists is of concern. That said, the study does not prove that media coverage either fuelled public anxiety about swine flu or the policy decisions made about drug or vaccine funding.
Similarly, the...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Medication Swine flu Source Type: news
MPs call for more transparent clinical trials
"Drug companies and medical researchers are putting patients' lives in danger by failing to publish unfavourable results from clinical trials, MPs have warned," The Guardian reports.
The news follows the recent publication of a report (PDF, 2.3Mb) by the influential House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which called for greater transparency in clinical trials and the data they produce.
What are clinical trials?
There is currently no regulatory definition of exactly what constitutes a clinical trial.
The term is generally understood to mean a study that assesses how effective and safe a new dru...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication QA articles Source Type: news
