Psychology & Psychiatry
Social interaction can help fight depression in people with dementia
Social and group activities can help fight depression in people with dementia, new research has found.
Aug 10, 2021
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News tagged with adverse side effects
Neuroscience
New dietary treatment for epilepsy well tolerated and reduced seizures
The first clinical trial of a new dietary treatment for children and adults with severe forms of epilepsy, co-developed by UCL researchers and based on the ketogenic diet, has been successfully completed.
Jul 23, 2021
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Health
How to safely use the right flea and tick product for your pet
(HealthDay)—When choosing and using flea and tick products for your pets, there are a number of things to consider, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Jun 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Promising ovarian cancer treatment proves effective and efficient
Preclinical trials of a new radiopharmaceutical to treat ovarian cancer have produced successful results, dramatically limiting tumor growth and decreasing tumor mass. Designed specifically for ovarian cancers that are resistant ...
Jun 11, 2021
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Medical research
Low doses of 'laughing gas' could be fast, effective treatment for severe depression
A new study at the University of Chicago Medicine and Washington University found that a single inhalation session with 25% nitrous oxide gas was nearly as effective as 50% nitrous oxide at rapidly relieving symptoms of treatment-resistant ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Cardiology
The AstraZeneca vaccine causes rare blood clots. Norwegian researchers are trying to find out why
Unusual blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. That was the conclusion by the EU-drug regulator EMA on Wednesday April 7.
Apr 13, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Lower dose of estrogen receptor modulator seems to reduce risk of breast cancer
While the drug tamoxifen reduces the risk of developing breast cancer and prevents recurrence, the side-effects cause many women to discontinue their treatment. A study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scientists find new cell type implicated in chronic pain, inflammation
One of the hallmarks of chronic pain is inflammation, and scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that anti-inflammatory cells called MRC1+ macrophages are dysfunctional in an animal model of neuropathic ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fraught history haunts Japan virus vaccine roll-out
A history of vaccine controversies in Japan may cast a long shadow over the coronavirus jab roll-out, experts warn, even as the country battles a severe third wave of infections.
Jan 8, 2021
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Medications
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 7, 2021
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