Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treatment of chloroquine poisoning
Research by Bangor University's Professor Dyfrig Hughes has provided important evidence on the safety of treatments that are being tested for use in COVID-19.
May 29, 2020
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British Journal of Pharmacology
Medications
Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19 a more rapid alternative to a vaccine, say researchers
Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to offer a more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine, argue an international team of scientists in the British ...
May 7, 2020
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Medications
Purified botanical CBD reduces early deaths in mouse study
A purified botanical CBD used to treat mice with a rare form of epilepsy found for the first time that the treatment may reduce premature mortality, according to a new study.
Apr 24, 2020
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Addiction
Opioid-based plant might not be best solution to curb habitual alcohol use
Lawmakers across the United States continue to debate the safety of kratom, an opioid-containing plant that has been listed as a "drug of concern" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Kratom is sold over the counter ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Medical research
Sex should be considered as experimental variable in all studies submitted for publication
In an editorial published in the British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP), the Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editors have recommended that all future studies published in the journal should formally address sex as an experimental ...
Aug 23, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A new molecule to improve treatment for type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
A new molecule, EPB-53, could help fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new study led by the team of Manuel Vázquez-Carrera, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and the Institute ...
Apr 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The latest on chronic fatigue syndrome
(HealthDay)—Illnesses that lack exact testing methods can be difficult to diagnose, treat and live with, both physically and emotionally. Chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, is one such disease. Until recently, it was very ...
Jul 18, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Are phages our best bet against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
Bacteriophages, or simply phages, are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, and they hold considerable potential for combatting antibiotic-resistance and other threats to human health. Timed with the hundredth ...
Dec 20, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New drug shows potential as a different kind of antidepressant in mouse trials
A potential new antidepressant and antianxiety treatment with a unique mechanism of action has been developed by scientists at the University of Bath.
Nov 6, 2017
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Medical research
Antidote to synthetic cannabis 'Spice' intoxication could be found in slimming drug
Early research from Queen Mary University of London has potentially found an antidote that can rapidly stop the intoxicating effects of cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids.
Oct 4, 2017
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