An "AI scientist," working in collaboration with human scientists, has found that combinations of cheap and safe drugs—used to treat conditions such as high cholesterol and alcohol dependence—could also be effective at treating ...
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Runaway cell death and inflammation triggered by severe trauma may be interrupted by a drug used to prevent alcohol abuse—and it may be particularly effective in females, according to research led by University of Pittsburgh ...
May 28, 2025
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As health complications and deaths from alcohol use disorder (AUD) increase in the United States, it is critical that people who could benefit from medications have access to the drugs that the US Food and Drug Administration ...
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Science presenter and journalist Dr. Michael Mosley was well known not only for his expertise, energy and passion as a broadcaster but also for trialing experiments on himself. From swallowing tapeworm eggs to having areas ...
Jun 12, 2024
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A new study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center reveals a connection between the most common type of white blood cells, which act as a first defense in the body's immune system, and a severe complication ...
Jun 3, 2024
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For adults hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons, receiving a prescription for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) medication at the time of discharge may lower their risk of returning to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, ...
Mar 29, 2024
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Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, and Michal McDowell, MD, MPH, from the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General, have authored a new study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, titled "Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment in Sexually ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Heavy drinking commonly begins in adolescence and is a known risk factor for the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Data from adult clinical trials suggest that offering evidence-based medications for AUD to younger ...
Jun 14, 2023
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The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.
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