Pharmacology
- Botox May Reach Central Nervous System
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Botulinum toxin, produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, is one of the most poisonous biological substances known, but in true' the dose makes the poison' fashion, Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A, commonly known as Botox- took C. botuli ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2015 - 8:55am
- Epilepsy Drug Phenytoin May Preserve Eyesight For People With MS
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A drug commonly taken to prevent seizures in epilepsy may surprisingly protect the eyesight of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 67th Annual Meeting ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 18 2015 - 4:47pm
- Myth: You Have To Finish All Your Antibiotics
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Most people believe – and have been told by health professionals – that it’s essential to finish a course of antibiotics to prevent antibiotic resistance. But this advice is not only wrong, it could actually be harmful. ...
Article - The Conversation - Apr 16 2015 - 6:11pm
- TOPOFEN Migraine Therapy Phase II Clinical Trial Results
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A Phase IIa placebo-controlled clinical trial of TOPOFEN, a topical anti-migraine therapy for moderate and severe migraine sufferers, showed that the application of a well-known non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) over the trigeminal nerve branch ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2015 - 12:30pm
- Heroin Treatment For Drug Addicts?
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Heroin addicts who do not give it up should be able to access the drug through the Canadian taxpayer-funded health system, according to a recent paper in BMJ. Standard treatments for heroin drug addiction include detoxification, abstinence programs and me ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2015 - 8:58am
- Abuse-Deterrent OxyContin Led To Fewer Overdoses
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The introduction of abuse-deterrent OxyContin, coupled with the removal of propoxyphene from the US prescription marketplace, are getting the credit for decreasing opioid prescribing and overdoses in JAMA Internal Medicine. Those two changes led to a 19 p ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2015 - 2:00pm
- Coffee Protects Against Breast Cancer Recurrence, Finds Study
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A number of studies have shown that coffee helps to protect against breast cancer and new work led by Lund University has found that it also inhibits the growth of tumors and reduces risk of recurrence in women who have been treated with the drug tamoxife ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 9:34am
- What Happens When MS Patients Stop Taking Medication?
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What happens when a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) who is clinically stable stops taking their medication? An international, multi-site study found almost 40 percent of patients had some disease activity return after they stopped, according to resea ...
Article - News Staff - May 4 2015 - 6:29pm
- Newt Gingrich, The NIH And Antibiotics
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Today the New York Times published an op-ed by Newt Gingrich where he calls for doubling the budget for the National Institutes of Health here in the US. Who can argue with that? ...
Article - David Shlaes - Apr 22 2015 - 11:21am
- Malaria Vaccine Candidate RTS,S/AS01 Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results
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The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinical disease in young African children up to 4 years after vaccination, according to final trial data published in The Lancet. ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 23 2015 - 4:30pm
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