Medications
Poor trial results may prompt maker to pull ALS drug from market
Following disappointing trial results, the maker of a controversial ALS drug may pull the medication off the market.
Mar 11, 2024
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News tagged with traditional drugs
Medications
Novel drugs are leading to rising overdose deaths in Victoria—drug checking services could help
Many of the harms people experience from using illegal drugs are a result of unregulated supply. Drugs may be contaminated, or completely substituted with something unexpected. They may also be of variable and unknown dosage ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Medical economics
Medicare enrollees can switch coverage now: Here's what's new and what to consider
Consumers know it's fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots—and airwaves and mailboxes are filled with advertisements for Medicare options.
Oct 19, 2023
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Addiction
A tax on menthol cigarettes would work better than statewide bans, study finds
Menthol-flavored cigarettes account for more than one-third of cigarettes sold in the United States, and experts believe they are more dangerous than traditional cigarettes.
Sep 6, 2023
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Medications
Drug form of traditional Chinese medicine compound found to improve survival of mice with brain tumors
A new study shows how a drug made from a natural compound used in traditional Chinese medicine works against malignant brain tumors in mice, creating a promising avenue of research for glioblastoma treatment.
Apr 14, 2023
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Addiction
New tests for designer drugs could help save lives
With a deluge of designer drugs hitting the streets, researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are racing to develop new drug testing methods that can quickly and accurately identify these drugs, along with ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
For young people on Medicare, a hysterectomy sometimes is more affordable than birth control
Sam Chavarría said her doctor was clear about the birth defects her medication could cause if she became pregnant but agreed to keep her on it as long as she had an IUD.
Mar 9, 2023
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Medications
FDA panel backs much-debated ALS drug in rare, 2nd review
A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig's disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously rejected by the ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Other
Chinese medical portal censored after doubting herbal 'COVID remedy'
A popular Chinese medical information site has been censored by authorities for "violation of relevant laws and regulations", months after its criticism of a government-backed herbal COVID-19 treatment sent shares in a pharmaceutical ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Medications
Nature is the world's original pharmacy. Returning to medicine's roots could help fill drug discovery gaps
While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern medicine as we know it today got going only in the 19th and 20th centuries. So how did humans successfully survive through millions ...
Jul 27, 2022
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