Research Insight

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are clusters of dilated, thin-walled blood vessels in the brain that can cause stroke and seizures, yet exactly how they form is somewhat of a mystery. Now, a team from the Perelman School of Medicine...

Novartis announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets for the treatment of adult patients with progressive, well-differentiated, nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of gastrointestinal (GI) or lung origin that are unresectable, locally advanced...

Eli Lilly and Company  announced that JAMA Dermatology has published detailed results from three pivotal Phase 3 trials that evaluated the effect of ixekizumab on work productivity in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Specific results from the UNCOVER-1 study...

If you have ever experienced painful burning urination and the frequent need to go the bathroom, you have probably experienced a urinary tract infection (UTI). But you may be surprised to know that UTIs are the second most common...

Ear infections: if you’re a parent you know about this common condition that affects children, often at a very young age. The late night tears, the ear tugging, the repeated trips to the pediatrician, the pink liquid antibiotic. It’s...

You’ve given the pharmacist a prescription for your new diabetes medication called metformin hydrochloride, but when you receive your bottle and look it up on the internet, all you see is “metformin”, not “metformin hydrochloride.” Why is this? Is...

Overweight or obese children in America According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity affects 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the United States, which equates to 12.5 million children - triple the rate from...