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A 'game-changer': By studying animal health, researchers find improved ways for developing, testing cancer therapies

(Medical Xpress) -- A group of Kansas State University researchers has made valuable findings in the search for cancer's cure.

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Scientists: Novel TB drug combo passes first test

Scientists are hot on the trail of a new tuberculosis treatment that a small study suggests might one day offer an alternative to battle this deadly lung disease, even if it is resistant to today's two main drugs.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trial signals major milestone in hunt for new TB drugs

A novel approach to discover the first new tuberculosis (TB) combination drug regimen cleared a major hurdle when Phase II clinical trial results found it could kill more than 99 percent of patients' TB bacteria within two ...

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Afinitor approved for advanced breast cancer

(HealthDay) -- Afinitor (everolimus) has been approved in combination with the drug exemestane to treat postmenopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, the U.S. Food ...

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Next front in worldwide AIDS battle: Stretching use of anti-HIV drugs

(Medical Xpress) -- A Johns Hopkins expert in the drug treatment of HIV disease and AIDS is spearheading an international effort to radically shift the manufacturing and prescribing of combination therapies widely credited ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In vitro study identifies potential combination therapy for breast cancer

A study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates an effective combination therapy for breast cancer cells in vitro. The findings, published in the July 2012 issue of Anticancer Research, raise ...

Cancer created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug combo much better than AZT alone at preventing mother-to-infant HIV transmission

Non-breastfed babies born to HIV-positive mothers who didn't receive antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy are routinely given zidovudine, commonly known as AZT, shortly after birth to prevent mother-to-child transmission ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination therapy for triple-negative breast cancer disappointing

(Medical Xpress) -- A recent clinical trial testing a combination therapy for basal-like (also known as triple-negative) breast cancer demonstrates that a combination of two drugs with promising preclinical ...

Cancer created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Psychostimulant users seek information, not drugs, online

Australian illicit drug users are turning to the internet for drug education, but not to buy drugs.

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Scientists see potential in novel leukemia treatment

Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center may be one step closer to developing a new therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after discovering that the targeted agents obatoclax and sorafenib kill ...

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First, do no harm: Study finds danger in standard treatment for a serious lung disease

A combination of three drugs used worldwide as the standard of care for a serious lung disease puts patients in danger of death or hospitalization, and should not be used together to treat the disease, called ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fewer suicides after antidepressive treatment for schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress) -- Antidepressive drugs reduce the mortality rate of schizophrenic patients, while treatment with bensodiazepines greatly increases it, especially as regards suicide. Giving several antipsychotics simultaneously, ...

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Advances in personalized medicine for lung cancer

Several new studies that may help doctors tailor lung cancer treatment to the characteristics of individual patients and of their tumors are being presented at the 3rd European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva.

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Giving preventive drug to men at high risk for HIV would be cost-effective, study shows

A once-a-day pill to help prevent HIV infection could significantly reduce the spread of AIDS, but only makes economic sense if used in select, high-risk groups, Stanford University researchers conclude in a new study.

HIV & AIDS created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug approved to treat high blood pressure

(HealthDay) -- The high blood pressure drug Toprol XL has been combined with a low-dose diuretic to form Dutoprol (metoprolol succinate extended release/hyrdrochlorothiazide), which has been approved by the U.S. Food and ...

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