Pharmacology

Beta Blockers Don't Cause Depression

Beta-blockers are a class of medications that reduce the heart rate, the heart's workload and the heart's output of blood, which, together, lower blood pressure. Blood pressure is only a risk factor for heart disease, it is not a disease in itsel ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2021 - 11:22am

Will Some Antibiotics Prevent The Entry Of SARS-CoV-2 Into Cells?

Antibiotics won't help with COVID-19 because the disease is not caused by bacteria but instead a virus. However, a new study finds that some antibiotics can prevent the entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into cells. The Drug Design and Molecular Topology U ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2021 - 1:49pm

A COVID-19 Vaccine Only Took Months, Why Isn't There An AIDS Vaccine After 37 Years?

Smallpox has been eradicated from the face of the Earth following a highly effective, worldwide vaccination campaign. Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the U.S. because of development and use of effective vaccines against the poliovirus. I ...

Article - The Conversation - May 18 2021 - 10:36am

Aducanumab Approved As The First New Drug Therapy For Alzheimer's Patients In 18 Years

Two recent articles showed showed changes in the focus and funding of clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease therapies. And they suggested the change might be evidenced by today, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seemed ready to approv ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 7 2021 - 6:07pm

Afghanistan: Opium Abuse Among Woman And Children

Thomas Sydenham (September 10, 1624 – December 29, 1689) was an English physician. Called "father of English medicine" or "English Hippocrates," told this quote: "Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Jul 17 2021 - 7:52am

Garcinia Cambogia And Green Tea Linked To Liver Injury

Dietary supplements containing Garcinia cambogia extract and green tea can cause similar liver, finds an analysis of the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network. G. cambogia, alone or with green tea, are touted by companies who sell alternatives to medicine and ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2021 - 3:27pm

Can The Aidan Tree Be An Epilepsy Treatment?

Epilepsy is a brain disorder that arises from imbalances of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. This disorder manifests as recurring seizure, unconsciousness and momentary loss of memory. These events are frequent and unpredictable. This is because ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 31 2021 - 1:12pm

Merck Invented Nobel Prize-Winning Ivermectin 30 Years Ago, They're Not Telling You To Take It For COVID-19 Now

Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has been so profound that two of the key researchers in its discovery and development won the Nobel Prize in ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 14 2021 - 12:42pm

Not Supplemental: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Make No Difference In COVID-19

Even at prescription strength doses, purified omega-3 fatty acid did not reduce incidents of hospitalizations and/or deaths among people with COVID-19, according to results from Scientific Sessions 2021.  ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2021 - 3:41pm

Marijuana DUI Car Crashes Have Doubled

A new study finds that what once were just alcohol-related car crashes have now involved marijuana as the former illegal drug has been legalized and normalized in the last 20 years.  Fatal car accidents involving alcohol have remained relatively constant ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2021 - 12:25pm