Medications
Targeting triple-negative breast cancer with new drug design
The type of breast cancer most likely to affect young people and African Americans is also one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat.
Apr 3, 2019
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Neuroscience
Effects of stress on brain cells offer clues to new anti-depressant drugs
Research from King's College London reveals the detailed mechanism behind how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells - a process considered to be linked to depression. The researchers identified a key protein ...
May 6, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Electrical brain stimulation plus drug fights depression, study reports
(HealthDay)—Treating major depression safely and affordably is a challenge. Now, Brazilian researchers have found that two techniques often used individually produce better results when used together.
Feb 6, 2013
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Medical research
Hormone curbs depressive-like symptoms in stressed mice
A hormone with anti-diabetic properties also reduces depression-like symptoms in mice, researchers from the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio reported today.
Jul 9, 2012
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Medical research
Ketamine helps see how the brain works in clinical depression
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Nature, Lisa Monteggia from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center looks at how the drug ketamine, typically used as an anesthetic or a popular recreational drug ...
HIV & AIDS
'Treat All' policies for HIV in Africa lead to major improvements in rapid uptake of treatment
A new study published in PLoS Medicine found that the adoption of the World Health Organization's 2015 "Treat All" recommendation was followed by large increases in rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in six ...
Jun 11, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Do insecticide-treated mosquito nets harm sleep quality?
Between 2015 and 2017, 624 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed, mostly for free, to reduce malaria, severe disease and death in regions of the world where malaria is endemic.
Apr 10, 2019
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Health
Want to quit a bad habit? Here's one way to compare treatments
Whether it's quitting smoking, reducing alcohol intake or making healthier dietary choices, many of us have habits we'd like to change. But it's really hard to know which treatment path to take.
Mar 5, 2019
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Dentistry
Halloween doesn't have to be a horror for children's teeth
Sweet treats are as much a part of Halloween as haunted houses, creative costumes and the Monster Mash. They're fun to collect, but having that big bag of candy around the house for weeks after Halloween can't be good for ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Smoking, T4 tumors up distant mets in HPV+ oropharyngeal CA
(HealthDay)—For patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer, active smokers and those with T4 tumors have increased rates of distant metastases, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in ...
Feb 15, 2017
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