Read more experimental drugs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20801/experimental-drugs.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:35:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60628/cure-still-elusive-as-cancer-treatments-improve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world’s largest cancer conference convened this weekend and offered some hope but no cures, USA Today reports. Researchers are getting closer to developing treatments that are gentler and more individualized, and that increase longevity and quality of life. But a cure remains elusive, and even the most promising drugs...http://www.newser.com/story/60628/cure-still-elusive-as-cancer-treatments-improve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 7:16:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46648/placenta-drip-fad-or-fantastic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFeeling tired? A Tokyo clinic offers relaxation drips containing human placental extract as a pick-me-up. Long used by the Japanese to treat liver disease and menopause symptoms, placenta—with its immune molecules and nutrients that sustain the fetus during pregnancy—is symbolic, if not utterly scientific. The idea of a...http://www.newser.com/story/46648/placenta-drip-fad-or-fantastic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Dec 2008 14:47:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40683/study-drug-reverses-ms-brain-damage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors are hailing what appears to be a huge breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, the BBC reports. A drug used to treat leukemia reversed some of the brain damage caused by MS, researchers found, leaving sufferers less disabled at the end of the 3-year study than they had...http://www.newser.com/story/40683/study-drug-reverses-ms-brain-damage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Oct 2008 7:19:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34707/psychedelic-drug-tests-resume-after-decades.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor the first time since the 1970s, scientists in several countries are studying the effects of psychedelic drugs like LSD in clinical trials, the Guardian reports. Researchers believe the long-stigmatized drugs may improve patients’ quality of life, helping them cope with the ravages of illness, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and even...http://www.newser.com/story/34707/psychedelic-drug-tests-resume-after-decades.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29748/how-congress-can-help-ted-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTed Kennedy has, at best, about two years to live. A drug exists that might extend his life, but Kennedy, and legions of other cancer sufferers, won’t get it because it hasn’t been through Phase III FDA trials. But congress could yet come to the rescue; a bill recently introduced...http://www.newser.com/story/29748/how-congress-can-help-ted-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Jun 2008 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17217/fda-mandates-suicide-risk-assessment-in-drug-trials.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug companies to monitor suicide warning signs in clinical trials for experimental drugs, the New York Times reports. In the wake of studies showing that antidepressants might increase the risk of self-harm in children and teens, the agency is showing an awareness...http://www.newser.com/story/17217/fda-mandates-suicide-risk-assessment-in-drug-trials.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Jan 2008 11:42:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16427/no-right-to-drugs-for-dying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court has declined to hear what could have been a landmark case on whether terminally ill patients should be given access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The decision lets stand a lower court ruling that the terminally ill have no special...http://www.newser.com/story/16427/no-right-to-drugs-for-dying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jan 2008 3:30:00 CST