The official sum of opioid-related settlements between U.S. state and local governments and major pharmaceutical opioid manufacturers, marketers, distributors and retailers recently reached $58.58 billion. Stark statistics ...
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A new daily pill will give people with stubbornly high cholesterol a cheaper, needle-free way to lower their levels.
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A study by researchers at Kent has revealed that the narcotic analgesic tapentadol has performance-enhancing effects on cyclists, making this drug a candidate for addition to the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) list of ...
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A new drug offers hope for people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the world's most common inherited heart disease. The TEMPEST trial, led by University of Manchester researchers, tested the drug—called trientine—in 154 ...
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Modern anticancer medications that combine tumor-fighting drugs with proteins that specifically target cancer cells are a relatively new class of drugs, often given to patients for whom standard chemotherapy has not worked. ...
Jul 15, 2026
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The early-stage trial of a potential novel nonartemisinin malaria drug found it rapidly killed malaria parasites and was generally well tolerated in infected volunteers, showing it is a promising candidate for uncomplicated ...
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For many people with Parkinson's disease, the body stops moving the way it used to. A hand may tremble at rest. Muscles may stiffen. Walking can become slower and balance more uncertain. The most effective treatment remains ...
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Blinding diseases caused by the degeneration of photoreceptors, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP), affect 200 million people worldwide and represent the leading causes of visual ...
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Dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate have been found to be equally effective in the treatment of ADHD in children, but greater weight loss was observed in children taking dextroamphetamine, according to an Australian study ...
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Drugs commonly used for weight loss, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have been found to reduce the key symptoms of binge eating disorder in a new review of evidence led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
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