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Beyond breasts & babies: women’s health held back by medical blind spots
10 Sep 2025 06:05 GMT
… overcaution that followed the thalidomide disaster of the late … market. And today, medical treatments and drugs are still approved without … to feel “stupid”.
“Doctors aren’t even aware of … medicine.
“As an example, we still don’t know why some antidepressants …
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Covid, thalidomide and a brief history of medical ridicule
23 Aug 2025 02:55 GMT
… doctors to wash their hands. Semmelweis was derided by the medical … no known toxicity’. The drug was subsequently marketed under … the saddest chapters in pharmaceutical history when it … further safety trials prior to market authorisation, thalidomide was never …
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New Drug Candidate Eases Neuroinflammation in Brain Injury
02 Sep 2025 16:11 GMT
… foundational structure of thalidomide, researchers have … well-designed clinical trials. Comprehensive assessments of … this area of medicine continues to evolve … Science findingsneuroinflammation treatmentneuronal loss preventionnovel drug candidates for …
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PROTACs and MGDs: The Revolutionary Modalities for Drug Discovery
01 Sep 2025 08:49 GMT
… they can degrade1,2. Thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide were … considered intractable.
SignalChem Biotech’s Contribution to Targeted … as a Precision Medicine Strategy to Combat Cancer … Immunomodulatory Activity for the Treatment of Patients with …
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What would this thalidomide heroine have made of the covid scandal?
30 Aug 2025 05:16 GMT
… the aggressive pharmaceutical lobby to prevent the drug thalidomide gaining approval … also qualified as a medical doctor. As a woman, … unofficial trials by distributing free samples to doctors across … studies.
All three found trial deficiencies from the start …
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Advocating for thalidomide survivors
29 Aug 2025 08:55 GMT
… my medical chart that my birth defect arms were connected to thalidomide … my medical records, which reinforces the timeline for her use of thalidomide … , which samples from a doctor were given to …
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Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack of safety data − here’s why medical research cuts will make it worse
28 Aug 2025 12:13 GMT
… early stage clinical trials testing new medications.
Thalidomide, sold under … Of 290 drugs approved by the FDA between 2010 … abruptly stop their antidepressants risk their depression … alternative treatment approaches – or to no treatment.
New medications …
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The revolutionary modalities for drug discovery
27 Aug 2025 11:00 GMT
… several PROTACs entering clinical trials. Bavdegalutamide (ARV-110 … affinity compared to traditional thalidomide derivatives.
Molecular Glue … or repurposing existing drug molecules, making their … considered intractable.
SignalChem Biotech’s contribution to …
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Antidepressants in Pregnancy—Turning a Blind Eye, Again
25 Aug 2025 18:04 GMT
… kow-towed to drug company interests and medical establishment views, … weeks of treatment. As I told the FDA panel, this … woman herself.
Since the thalidomide tragedy, society has generally … attachment to antidepressants that seems to blind many doctors to …
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What Medicine Can You Take While Pregnant? Plus, Which Drugs To Avoid
23 Aug 2025 09:12 GMT
… magnesium (first-line treatment in pregnancy).
Sucralfates … :
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen … minocycline (Minocin)
Thalidomide
Guidelines for Medication Use During … your doctor before taking any medication.
Natural Remedies
It …