humans with the heart rhythm disease atrial fibrillation may additionally have a heightened chance ofgrowing dementia — and the pleasant in their drug remedy can also play a function, a brand new have a look at tips. specifically, researchers observed, patients on the clot-stopping drug warfarin confirmed a betterdementia threat ... Read More »
If researchers are proper approximately a bacterial extract’s capacity to prevent asthma in high–chanceyoungsters, hundreds of thousands of youngsters and parents can be able to breathe simplerapproximately the circumstance. Researchers on the college of Arizona plan to sign up 1,000 babies in a medical trial to see if the extract ... Read More »
COLUMBIA, S.C., April 14 — A drug designed to lower cholesterol stops the progression of prostate cancer, according to researchers at the University of Missouri. The researchers say using the drug with or without chemotherapy treatments for prostate cancer could prove to be more effective while reducing the level of ... Read More »
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – Apple Inc said the U.S. government had failed to show a continued need for its help accessing a locked iPhone in a New York drug case after a third party came forward with a solution to crack a different phone belonging to one of the shooters in December’s ... Read More »
FRIDAY, April 15, 2016 — Metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, may reduce the risk of dying from some cancers for postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. The study found that for women with type 2 diabetes and cancer, the odds of dying from cancer appeared ... Read More »
TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 — An over-the-counter antihistamine used to fight allergies may have an important new role: reversing the vision loss sometimes caused by multiple sclerosis. That’s the finding from preliminary research that found that clemastine fumarate partially reversed optic neuropathy in people with MS. Optic neuropathy is damage ... Read More »
A memory drug developed by the National Institutes of Health and Tetra Discovery Partners that may help treat or prevent cognitive disorders has been moved into a small clinical trial, the agency announced in a press release. The drug, BPN14770, is aimed at improving a biochemical pathway responsible for memory ... Read More »
LOS ANGELES, April 6 — Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles created a platform to help doctors determine the right drugs and doses for patients based on their unique biological traits, according to a new study. The technological platform the researchers designed, Phenotypic Personalized Medicine, helped transplant doctors ... Read More »
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 — Despite initial concern from early studies, taking the epilepsy drug lamotrigine (Lamictal) during pregnancy may not raise the risk for certain birth defects, a large new study finds. “An initial study of this drug showed an increased risk for cleft lip or cleft palate, but ... Read More »
The British company said it would not file patents in these countries. Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty said he wanted to take a “graduated” approach to the company’s “intellectual property” based on the wealth of nations around the globe. Experts have described the plans as “brave and positive”. GSK hopes ... Read More »
The British company said it would not file patents in these countries. Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty said he wanted to take a “graduated” approach to the company’s “intellectual property” based on the wealth of nations around the globe. Experts have described the plans as “brave and positive”. GSK hopes ... Read More »
STANFORD, Calif., March 28 — Researchers found a drug discarded by the company GlaxoSmithKline because of side effects during clinical trials helped human cells fight off two viruses, according to a new study. The drug GSK983 helped cells in the lab fight off the viruses that cause dengue fever and ... Read More »
