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'Gap' for HIV vaccine efforts after latest setback

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.

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Ketamine shows significant therapeutic benefit in people with treatment-resistant depression

Patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement in their illness after treatment with ketamine, an anesthetic, according to the largest ketamine clinical trial to-date led by researchers from the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 19, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Palivizumab cuts number of days of wheezing in preemies

(HealthDay)—Many pre-term babies suffer recurrent episodes of wheezing. Now, researchers say a common infection is a likely culprit and they may be able to prevent the breathing problems.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antibiotic may provide benefit for treatment of respiratory disorder

Among patients with the lung disorder non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, treatment with the antibiotic erythromycin resulted in improvement in symptoms but also increased the risk of antibiotic resistance, according to a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows anemia drug does not improve health of anemic heart failure patients

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic and Sweden-based Sahlgrenska University Hospital have found that a commonly used drug to treat anemia in heart failure patients –darbepoetin alfa – does not improve patients' health, ...

Cardiology created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New blood thinner beats older drug for vein clots

(HealthDay)—People who need to take a blood thinner because they've had a clot in the deep veins of their legs appear to do better with the new drug Pradaxa (dibigatran) than with the older drug warfarin, ...

Medications created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Erectile dysfunction drug also helps men ejaculate and orgasm

New data suggests the erectile dysfunction (ED) drug Cialis may also be beneficial in helping men who have problems with ejaculation and orgasm, report researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Big disappointment: Citicoline does not improve functional, cognitive status in patients with traumatic brain injury

Although approved for use for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) in nearly 60 countries, use of citicoline in a randomized trial that included more than 1,200 participants with TBI did not result in improvement in functional ...

Neuroscience created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Daily doses of a new probiotic reduces 'bad' and total cholesterol

Two daily doses of a probiotic lowered key cholesterol-bearing molecules in the blood as well as "bad" and total cholesterol, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012.

Cardiology created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cannabis extract eases muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis

Cannabis seems to ease the painful muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis, indicate phase III trial results, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Neuroscience created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce rate or severity of colds, study finds

Although some data have suggested a possible inverse association between serum vitamin D levels and the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (colds), participants in a randomized controlled trial who received a ...

Health created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Omega-3 supplements may slow a biological effect of aging, study says

(Medical Xpress)—Taking enough omega-3 fatty acid supplements to change the balance of oils in the diet could slow a key biological process linked to aging, new research suggests.

Health created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make dengue vaccine breakthrough

Dengue is one of the most widespread mosquito-borne viral diseases in the world, with WHO estimating that around half of the world's population are currently at risk. While infection usually causes flu-like symptoms, it can ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ginkgo biloba extract does not prevent Alzheimer's dementia

Ginkgo biloba extract does not significantly reduce the likelihood of diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the results of the largest ever Alzheimer's prevention study in Europe, published in Lancet Ne ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D supplement fails to lower cholesterol in short term

Taking vitamin D supplements to compensate for vitamin D deficiency didn't improve cholesterol—at least in the short term, according to new research in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart ...

Cardiology created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast