Surgery
Doctors devise safer alternative to opioids during, after surgeries
It's been slightly more than a year since Jonathan Akinrele, 23, underwent weight-loss surgery, and so far, so good.
Apr 28, 2022
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News tagged with intravenous infusions
HIV & AIDS
Scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 percent of HIV isolates tested, including 16 of 20 strains resistant to other antibodies ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Inhaled monoclonal antibodies found to be protective against COVID-19, show promise for at-home aerosolized therapy
Another at-home treatment option for the flu and other respiratory illnesses is closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research that found inhaled, monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 significantly reduced COVID-19 ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Medical research
Caffeine's effect on the brain's adenosine receptors visualized for the first time
Molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled scientists for the first time to visualize binding sites of caffeine in the living human brain to explore possible positive and negative effects of caffeine ...
Nov 1, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO study finds remdesivir didn't help COVID-19 patients
A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests that the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalized COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the ...
Oct 16, 2020
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Medications
Novel HIV combination therapies could prevent viral escape and rebound
Carefully designed cocktails of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) could help treat HIV while minimizing the risk of the virus escaping treatment, suggests a study published today in eLife.
Jul 19, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists boost potential of passive immunization against HIV
Scientists are pursuing injections or intravenous infusions of broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies (bNAbs) as a strategy for preventing HIV infection. This technique, called passive immunization, has been shown to protect ...
Aug 13, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Collaborative develops drug that may help hemophilia patients
A razor nick in the shower? A fall on a slippery floor? The average person simply calls it bad karma, but for people with hemophilia such episodes can cause prolonged blood loss.
Jun 27, 2011
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Medications
Sotrovimab may prevent progression to severe COVID-19
For nonhospitalized patients with symptomatic mild-to-moderate COVID-19 and a high risk for progression, risk for all-cause hospitalization or death is reduced with sotrovimab versus placebo, according to a study published ...
Mar 18, 2022
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Diabetes
New treatment prevents hypoglycemia in children with hyperinsulinism
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have shown that a targeted treatment they developed is effective at controlling blood sugar in patients with hyperinsulinism (HI), a genetic disease in which the pancreas ...
Apr 13, 2022
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