Medications
Q&A: Can you use medicine and prescriptions past the expiration date?
When a headache calls and the only ibuprofen in the house is a bottle that is expired, is it worth a trip out to replace it?
Oct 24, 2023
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News tagged with drug
Oncology & Cancer
Moderna CEO says melanoma vaccine could be available by 2025
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company's experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer.
Dec 14, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Drug candidate may 'unmask' latent HIV-infected cells, mark them for destruction
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have identified drug candidates that show promise to reverse the ability of HIV to escape detection by the immune system.
Mar 19, 2024
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Medications
Study shows a computerized decision support system reduces high-risk drug combinations in ICU patients
A multicenter study led by Amsterdam UMC and conducted in nine Dutch Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has shown that tailoring a computerized decision support system (CDSS) to the ICU environment significantly reduced the number ...
Jan 20, 2024
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Health
Want to quit smoking in 2024? Cytisine can help … if you live in the right country
A new study published in Addiction has found that cytisine, a low-cost, generic stop-smoking aid that has been used in Eastern Europe since the 1960s, increases the chances of successful smoking cessation by more than two-fold ...
Jan 1, 2024
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Addiction
Drones delivering opioid overdose reversal kits could reach people more quickly than ambulances
Researchers from King's College London used real-world data of fatal opioid overdoses where a bystander was present to show that commercial-off-the-shelf drones could have reached 78% of cases within seven minutes—the benchmark ...
Oct 13, 2023
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Gastroenterology
Researchers identify previously unknown step in cholesterol absorption in the gut
UCLA researchers have described a previously unknown step in the complex process by which dietary cholesterol is processed in the intestines before being released into the bloodstream—potentially revealing a new pathway ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers find the roots of tau tangles in Alzheimer's disease
An experimental drug can reduce the toxic changes in tau proteins known to damage neurons in brains with Alzheimer's disease, researchers from Yale School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University report.
Nov 6, 2023
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Medications
Clinical trial investigates new oral treatment for COVID-19
An exploratory clinical trial (SIGMA4COVID) through a collaboration between Catalonia and Galicia, the results of which are published in the Journal of Infection, suggests the usefulness of a drug, E-52862, for the treatment ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Study links popular weight-loss drugs to stomach paralysis, other serious gastrointestinal conditions
They're being hailed as an effective way to lose weight, but diabetes drugs like Ozempic may come with a heightened risk of severe gastrointestinal problems.
Oct 5, 2023
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