A DRUG prescribed to 300,000 women has been dubbed ‘the hidden thalidomide’ as it’s feared to have triggered rare cancers.

Over the next seven years, with the Thalidomide tragedy fresh in everyone's memory, reports of side effects caused by the Pill would appear in medical journals and spread through the popular ...

When the Pill came on the market in 1960, it was enthusiastically embraced by the medical profession and the public. But by the end of the decade, after a crisis over the drug Thalidomide (which ...

A common pregnancy drug prescribed to hundreds of thousands of expectant and new mothers has been dubbed a hidden thalidomide. More than 100 women fear their health has been impacted due to ...

Upon its 'reinvention', thalidomide was quickly applied to 'microenvironment-dependent' diseases such as multiple myeloma, yet its role in the solid tumor spectrum has not been validated.

Thalidomide is not a drug that that impinges on just one biological pathway. That complexity could explain its multifaceted effects—from its ability to induce vascular remodeling in the adult ...

Saying sorry, does not excuse this or erase it.” Thalidomide was used in Australia and 45 other countries around the world. Just one pill could damage any tissue or organ with the most common ...

Thalidomide was developed as a sleeping pill, but it was also thought to be useful for easing morning sickness in pregnant women. Unfortunately, it had not been tested for use in this way.