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Potential COVID-19 drug is successful in lab study
A new potential therapy for COVID-19 developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center has shown success in preventing the disease's symptoms in mice.
Jan 15, 2021
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New delivery method promises relief from antipsychotic medication's adverse side effects
A team of neuroscientists and engineers at McMaster University has created a nasal spray to deliver antipsychotic medication directly to the brain instead of having it pass through the body.
Jan 15, 2021
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New COVID-19 treatment trial results published
A clinical trial involving COVID-19 patients hospitalized at UT Health San Antonio and University Health, among roughly 100 sites globally, found that a combination of the drugs baricitinib and remdesivir reduced time to ...
Jan 15, 2021
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Inhaled treprostinil beneficial in pulmonary hypertension
(HealthDay)—Inhaled treprostinil improves exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jan 14, 2021
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The price of a drug should be based on its therapeutic benefits – not just what the market will bear
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has innovated in response to the pandemic, providing not only vaccines but also therapies to treat people with COVID-19. But an outdated law designed to spur development of lifesaving drugs ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Medication shows promise for weight loss in patients with obesity, diabetes
A new study confirms that treatment with Bimagrumab, an antibody that blocks activin type II receptors and stimulates skeletal muscle growth, is safe and effective for treating excess adiposity and metabolic disturbances ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Experimental drug for Alzheimer's disease shows promise
Drug maker Eli Lilly on Monday announced promising results from a small study of an experimental Alzheimer's disease drug called donanemab.
Jan 13, 2021
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Treatment success seen with antibiotics for uncomplicated appendicitis
(HealthDay)—For adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, treatment success rates ≥65 percent are seen with both oral antibiotics and combined intravenous and oral antibiotics, according to a study published online ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Researchers provide new insights into how antibiotic resistance develops
Researchers at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park have shown how the development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria can have 'side-effects' for them including affecting their ability to cause disease.
Jan 11, 2021
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Benefits of 'transformational' cystic fibrosis drug highlighted in new review
A new systematic review by University of Liverpool researchers highlights the positive impact that triple-combination therapy has on the wellbeing of people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
Jan 11, 2021
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Simple monitoring could reduce medicine misuse in care homes
New research from Swansea University suggests that a simple nurse- or carer-led medicines' monitoring system can help reduce medication-related illness for people living in residential care homes—and the process takes just ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Arthritis drugs may reduce mortality and time in ICU for sickest COVID patients
Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with drugs typically used for arthritis may significantly improve survival, a landmark study has found.
Jan 08, 2021
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Investigational ALS drug pridopidine enters trial
In 2020, the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center at Massachusetts General Hospital launched the first platform trial for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in which multiple treatments are tested and evaluated simultaneously to ...
Jan 08, 2021
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Faulty metabolism of Parkinson's medication in the brain linked to severe side effects
Until now, the reason why the drug levodopa (L-Dopa), which reduces the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, declines in efficacy after a few years' use has been unknown. A side effect that then often occur is involuntary ...
Jan 07, 2021
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Drug combination increases susceptibility to cytostatic treatments in cases of severe neuroblastoma
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg now suggest a possible cure for children with hard-to-treat forms of neuroblastoma using a new combination of drugs. In a new study in the journal Cancer Research, they describe ...
Jan 07, 2021
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Certain antibiotics linked with upped risk for deadly aortic aneurysms
(HealthDay)—A widely used class of antibiotics has been linked to an increased risk of a potentially fatal blood vessel condition—even in younger, healthy people.
Jan 07, 2021
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Drug makers raise prices on 500 prescription drugs
With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday.
Jan 07, 2021
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Sitagliptin promising addition for preventing acute GVHD
(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, sitagliptin combined with tacrolimus and sirolimus results in a low incidence of grade II to IV acute graft-versus-host ...
Jan 07, 2021
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Antibiotics not needed after most sinus surgeries: randomized controlled trial
Antibiotics are not necessary for patients after most routine endoscopic sinus surgeries despite the common practice to prescribe them, according to a team led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
Jan 06, 2021
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Repeated ketamine infusions reduce PTSD symptom severity
Repeated intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions significantly reduce symptom severity in individuals with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the improvement is rapid and maintained for several weeks afterwards, ...
Jan 05, 2021
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