Medications
Missing out on prescription medicines harms health
Two new studies conducted by researchers at the University of Otago show that not being able to afford prescription medicines can harm people's health.
Dec 7, 2015
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Tougher guidelines on animal research can help quest for cures, study suggests
A study of animal-based research published over the last 70 years suggests that leading scientists could have done more to ensure impartial outcomes; experts hope that guidelines introduced in 2010 will help to improve chances ...
Oct 13, 2015
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Neuroscience
Possible new treatment for neurodegenerative diseases found
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that a well-established anti-epileptic drug could also be used as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.
Oct 13, 2015
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Neuroscience
Groundbreaking discovery for major trauma patients
Researchers from the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC) in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) at Monash University presented significant research findings on traumatic ...
Oct 8, 2015
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Medications
Concerns over FDA's increasing use of expedited development and approval pathways
Two studies carried out by US researchers and published by The BMJ today raise questions about whether most new drugs are any more effective than existing products or whether they have been adequately assessed before approval.
Sep 23, 2015
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Medical research
Resin may provide medicine against epilepsy
Sticky resin from conifers contains substances that could relieve or cure epilepsy. Researchers at Linköping University have synthesized and tested 71 substances known as resin acids, of which twelve are prime candidates ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Health
A man's meat intake might influence his fertility: study
(HealthDay)— Attention, men: Your favorite meats might be helping or harming your fertility, a new study suggests.
Aug 6, 2015
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Diabetes
'Dialing for Diabetes Control' helps urban adults lower blood sugar
Periodic telephone counseling can be a highly effective, low-cost tool for lowering blood-sugar levels in minority, urban adults with uncontrolled diabetes. The findings are the result of a clinical trial led by researchers ...
Jul 29, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU drug regulator recommends 1st license for malaria shot
The European Medicines Agency is recommending the world's leading malaria vaccine be licensed even though it is only about 30 percent effective and that protection fades over time.
Jul 24, 2015
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Cardiology
New research allows doctors to image dangerous 'hardening' of the arteries
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, have shown how a radioactive agent developed in the 1960s to detect bone cancer can be re-purposed to highlight the build-up ...
Jul 10, 2015
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