Cardiology
Increased cardiovascular risk for diclofenac initiators
(HealthDay)—Diclofenac initiators have increased cardiovascular risk compared with non-initiators, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in The BMJ.
Oct 1, 2018
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Medications
California: Drugmaker paid doctors to overprescribe Humira
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie illegally plied doctors with cash, gifts and services to prescribe one of the world's best-selling drugs, Humira, despite its potentially deadly complications, a California official said in a lawsuit ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Immunology
The medicine of the future against infection and inflammation?
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body's own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Health
Emergency medicine professor offers tips for dealing with hogweed exposure
While the presence of giant hogweed has been confirmed in multiple Virginia locations, experts at Virginia Tech say there is no evidence the dangerous weed with toxic sap is spreading widely.
Jul 24, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Can nanotechnology help treat Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. It takes a devastating toll on patients and family members, who are usually the caregivers. Current drugs only treat symptoms of AD, not its causes.
Jun 19, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Soy lecithin NSAID combo drug protects against cancer with fewer side effects
When scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) applied a chemical found in soybeans to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), they increased its anticancer properties and reduced ...
May 30, 2018
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Medications
Blacks, whites equally as likely to be prescribed opioids for pain
Racial disparities in pain management have been well-documented, with doctors historically more willing to prescribe opiates to whites than to other racial and ethnic groups.
May 1, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Why cancer cells go to sleep—the mystery of cancer dormancy
Cancer has always been thought of as something that grows rapidly and uncontrollably, but this view may be wrong. New evidence suggests that cancer alternatively uses the "accelerator" and the "brake" in order to survive.
Apr 27, 2018
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Which pain medication is safest for arthritis patients?
In a recent Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics study, arthritis patients taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for pain plus a stomach acid-reducing medicine called esomeprazole had infrequent gastrointestinal ...
Apr 19, 2018
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Medications
Study: Ibuprofen, acetaminophen more effective than opioids in treating dental pain
Opioids are not among the most effective—or longest lasting—options available for relief from acute dental pain, a new examination of the results from more than 460 published studies has found.
Apr 17, 2018
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