Posts Tagged ‘medications’

Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s effects in mice

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The cancer-fighting drug bexarotene reverses memory loss in mice expressing gene mutations linked to human Alzheimer’s disease, but how the drug works remains a mystery. Continue…

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:45 - 3 Comments

Health & Medicine - May 22, 2013 16:01 - 2 Comments

Drug blunts cocaine addiction in mice

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Neuroscientists trying to explain cocaine’s effects on the brain have stumbled onto a chemical compound that blocks cravings for the drug in addicted mice. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 20, 2013 14:31 - 1 Comment

How to decide if a daily aspirin is harmful

U. FLORIDA (US) — A new algorithm outlines factors doctors should consider when deciding whether or not a patient would benefit from a daily dose of aspirin. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 20, 2013 13:31 - 2 Comments

Anxiety drug reduces MS symptoms in mice

UC DAVIS (US) — An anti-anxiety drug available in Europe helps protect nerve fibers and slows the progression of symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, a study shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 15, 2013 14:33 - 1 Comment

Tripped T-cells reject transplant organs

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Certain cells “stick their feet” in the bloodstream to trip-up and collect immune system T-cells, which can lead to transplant organ rejection. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 24, 2013 16:37 - 0 Comments

ALS trial shows novel therapy is safe

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — An investigational treatment for an inherited form of Lou Gehrig’s disease has passed an early clinical trial for safety, researchers report. (more…)

Women: Hormone therapy won’t harm your head

MONASH U. (AUS) — Women do not suffer cognitive loss when taking hormone replacement therapy to treat symptoms of menopause, a new study finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 16, 2013 15:27 - 0 Comments

Drug sales reps rarely discuss side effects

UC DAVIS (US) —Pharmaceutical sales reps often fail to give family doctors information about the harmful side effects of drugs, an international study finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 16, 2013 12:32 - 8 Comments

Drug may boost memory in adults with autism

U. MISSOURI (US) — A drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure and anxiety may improve the working memory of people with autism, new research shows. (more…)

Science & Technology - Apr 12, 2013 11:33 - 3 Comments

Animal ‘pharmacists’ treat the family, too

U. MICHIGAN / EMORY (US) — Self-medication among animals goes beyond chimpanzees and woolly bears, report researchers. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 11, 2013 13:34 - 2 Comments

Seniors in US South get risky meds more often

BROWN (US) — Seniors living in the Southeast US, women, and people in relatively poor areas are more likely to be prescribed high-risk medications, a new reports shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 11, 2013 6:23 - 1 Comment

Clues to why chronic pain can feel icy cold

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Deleting the nerve circuitry for heat and some kinds of itch enhances sensitivity to cold, report researchers whose findings could have implications for people with types of chronic pain. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 22, 2013 14:19 - 0 Comments

For embolisms, clot busters are worth the risk

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Doctors should use clot-dissolving drugs to treat patients with pulmonary embolisms, despite the increased risk of bleeding, research suggests. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2013 15:59 - 2 Comments

Too much chemo leaves brain in a fog

RUTGERS (US) — The effect prolonged chemotherapy has on the development of new brain cells and rhythms may be the cause for the fog-like condition known as “chemo-brain.” (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2013 12:09 - 1 Comment

Better sleep means less delirium in ICU

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Hospitals can reduce delirium among intensive care patients by quieting nighttime noise, turning off lights, changing medications, and allowing uninterrupted sleep, research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 20, 2013 11:34 - 0 Comments

Youth protects malaria parasite from drugs

U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Immature malaria parasites are more than 100 times less sensitive than their elders to key anti-malarial drugs. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 11, 2013 12:44 - 0 Comments

Drug abuse rates higher in teens with ADHD

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have problems with substance abuse and cigarette use compared to teens without ADHD, research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 5, 2013 10:20 - 2 Comments

First mouse with human-like immune response

USC (US) — A first-of-its-kind mouse model with an immune response system more like a human’s could speed development of drugs to treat diseases like cancer, diabetes, and tuberculosis. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 4, 2013 14:47 - 3 Comments

New cancer drug? Therapy stalls cell growth

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — When cancer cells are deprived a key protein, the cells can’t divide properly and the cancer stops growing. (more…)

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