Medications
FDA clamping down on abuse of an OTC decongestant
Makers of inhalers that contain the nasal decongestant propylhexedrine should make design changes to prevent misuse, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Mar 26, 2021
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Gen X, millennials in worse health than prior generations at same age
(HealthDay)—Medicine may have advanced by leaps and bounds over the last century, but Generation X and millennials are in worse health than their parents and grandparents were at their age.
Mar 25, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How does COVID-19 affect the heart?
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and researchers are beginning to understand how the disease affects patients beyond initial respiratory symptoms. Mariam Bonyadi Camacho, a student in the medical scholars program ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
Semaglutide reduces excess body fat in people with obesity
In adults with obesity or overweight, weekly treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) receptor agonist semaglutide leads to reduced excess body fat and increased lean body mass, according to an industry-sponsored ...
Mar 20, 2021
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Medications
Study: 94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise risk of falling
Nearly every older adult was prescribed a prescription drug that increased their risk of falling in 2017, according to new University at Buffalo research.
Mar 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US halts trials of plasma transfusions for COVID patients
US health experts said Tuesday they are halting clinical trials of convalescent blood plasma in patients with mild to moderate COVID symptoms after preliminary results showed no benefit from the treatment.
Mar 3, 2021
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Medications
Beta blockers can repair malformed blood vessels in the brain
Propranolol, a drug that is efficacious against infantile haemangiomas ("strawberry naevi," resembling birthmarks), can also be used to treat cerebral cavernous malformations, a condition characterized by misshapen blood ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Drinking, smoking, and drug use linked to premature heart disease in the young
Recreational drinking, smoking, and drug use is linked to premature heart disease in young people, particularly younger women, finds research published online in the journal Heart.
Feb 15, 2021
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Addiction
Vet tranquilliser now implicated in third of fatal opioid overdose cases in Philadelphia
The vet tranquilliser, xylazine, is now implicated in almost a third of fatal overdoses involving heroin and/or fentanyl in Philadelphia, reveals research published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
Feb 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 unmasked: Math model suggests optimal treatment strategies
Getting control of COVID-19 will take more than widespread vaccination; it will also require better understanding of why the disease causes no apparent symptoms in some people but leads to rapid multi-organ failure and death ...
Jan 5, 2021
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