medicine & pharmaceuticals
September 3, 2014
Health Sciences News Digest
Latest news from the UW Health Sciences: Comparative genomes, open notes, teaching Ebola, depression in women
May 6, 2014
Health sciences digest: Drug pricing uproar, antioxidant dangers
The latest news from the UW Health Sciences and UW Medicine: What price for a cure? The economics of drug pricing The uproar against the $1,000-a-pill hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, generic name sofosbuvir, may signal a turning point in drug pricing in the United States. Purchasers appear to be pushing back and saying, “No.”…
March 19, 2014
Anti-anxiety drug ameliorates autistic behaviors in mice
Increasing cell signals that put the brake on excitatory brain cells reduces repetitive behaviors and learning problems and improves social interactions in a mouse model of autism. This was achieved with a low dose of benzodiazipine, a common anti-anxiety, anti-seizure medication.
May 22, 2013
Practicing medicine pharma-free in a drug rep-filled world
A rural family medicine group is an example for other community physicians seeking to wean themselves from pharmaceutical industry influence.
January 29, 2013
Beer’s bitter compounds could help brew new medicines
A UW researcher has determined the precise configuration of substances derived from hops that give beer its distinctive flavor, a finding that could lead to important new pharmaceuticals.
