Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Drug pair cuts children's urinary infections up to 80 percent

Long-term use of a drug combination reduces the risk of recurrent urinary tract infection by up to 80 percent in children with the urinary condition vesicoureteral reflux compared to placebo, according to research funded ...

Medications

Minor added benefit of indacaterol/glycopyrronium in COPD

The drug combination indacaterol/glycopyrronium (trade name: Ultibro Breezhaler, Xoterna Breezhaler) has been approved since September 2013 for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In an early benefit ...

Oncology & Cancer

Mekinist plus tafinlar approved for late-stage melanoma

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Mekinist for use with another drug, Tafinlar, to treat advanced melanoma that is spreading or cannot be removed by surgery.

Oncology & Cancer

Killer cocktail fights brain cancer

A novel immune-boosting drug combination eradicates brain cancer in mice, according to a study in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Oncology & Cancer

Drug combination therapy causes cancer cells to 'eat themselves'

Results from a recent preclinical study have shown that a new drug combination therapy being developed at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center effectively killed colon, liver, lung, kidney, breast and brain ...

Oncology & Cancer

New drug combinations may benefit patients with pancreatic cancer

Two drug combinations that simultaneously block two major signaling pathways downstream of the protein KRAS, which is aberrantly active in most pancreatic cancers, may provide a new treatment option for patients with this ...

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