Experimental Drug Helps Fight Some Childhood Cancers, Study Finds
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Early drug and alcohol use associated with lower levels of educational attainment
Researchers have found evidence that early drug and alcohol use is associated with lower levels of educational attainment.
Salk study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes
(Salk Institute) It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that regular eating times and extending the daily fasting period may override the adverse health effects of a high-fat diet and prevent obesity, ...
Phase I clinical trial shows drug shrinks melanoma brain metastases
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) An experimental drug targeting a common mutation in melanoma successfully shrank tumors that spread to the brain in nine out of 10 patients in part of an international phase I clinical trial report in the May 18 issue of the Lancet.
U.S. Bests Canada, Europe in Drug Approvals
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- New drugs are approved faster in the United States than in Europe and Canada, new research shows. The findings counter a common belief that the drug-approval process by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is especially slow, according to Yale University School of ...
Study Shows MS Patients at Most Risk for Drug-Linked Brain Illness
By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Drug company researchers say they've determined which multiple sclerosis patients are most vulnerable to developing a rare brain infection while taking a powerful drug called Tysabri (natalizumab). Even the multiple sclerosis ...
Two-Drug Combo May Be Safe for Melanoma Treatment
By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A preliminary, first-stage study funded by a pharmaceutical company shows promising results for an experimental double-drug therapy for melanoma. The two drugs, known as dabrafenib and trametinib, appeared to delay ...
Hitting the target: IntelliCap provides reliable and accurate regional drug delivery
Medimetrics, recently certified to ISO 13485, has successfully developed the IntelliCap system, specifically designed to target delivery of small molecule drugs and biologics to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The technology is capable of achieving controlled release of drugs to specific GI sites in a fast, cost-effective and convenient manner (Shimizu ...
Controlling Inflammation: Novel Drug Candidates Offer New Route
Pursuing a relatively untapped route for regulating the immune system, an international team of researchers has designed and conducted initial tests on molecules that have the potential to treat diseases involving inflammation, such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke and sepsis. The team started by creating a three-dimensional map of a ...
Exendin-4 drug effectively suppresses craving for food
A drug made from the saliva of the Gila monster lizard is effective in reducing the craving for food. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, have tested the drug on rats, who after treatment ceased their cravings for both food and chocolate.
Hormone-depleting drug shows promise against localized high-risk prostate tumors
(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers and colleagues have demonstrated that a hormone-depleting drug approved for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer can help eliminate or nearly eliminate tumors in many patients with aggressive cancers that have yet to spread beyond the prostate, according to a clinical study to ...
Staggered Cancer Drug Delivery Better Than All In One Go
The fact that treating cancer patients with multiple drugs often results in better outcomes than a single drug treatment is long been known amongst the medical profession. However, a MIT study published in the May 11 issue of Cell has just demonstrated that the order and timing of administering drugs ...