Category: Drugs

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – May 3, 2022 – Tranexamic acid (TXA) – a medication given to reduce the risk of bleeding during some orthopaedic surgical procedures – can be safely used in patients with intertrochanteric (IT) hip fractures….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CLEVELAND—Medications for opioid-use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower death rates and improved quality of life for people in recovery.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is an  aggressive cancer mostly related to asbestos exposure whose incidence is constantly rising, especially in low-income countries.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Biologic drugs—so named because they are typically isolated from a living source, rather than chemically synthesized—are used to treat a wide variety of conditions, including diabetes, inflammatory diseases, and certain types of cancer.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine have identified a powerful combination of antivirals to treat COVID-19.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – At the February 11, 2022 opening of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine presented data that suggests a new HIV outbreak in Tijuana, Mexico

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a review of more than 3 million pregnancies, University of Florida researchers found 1 in 16 women were exposed to harmful teratogenic drugs — medications that can cause pregnancy loss, birth defects and other health problems for the unborn child.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The project, funded by the Medical Research Council, will bring together experts from Queen’s, University of Liverpool and University of Oxford.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Rapid, accessible and highly accurate detection of addictive substances such as opiates and cocaine is vital to reducing the adverse personal and societal impacts of addiction….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When you open a carton of Neapolitan ice cream, how do you scoop? Maybe you grab some chocolate and strawberry together, or maybe you eat one flavor at a time.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Irvine, Calif., — A team of University of California, Irvine researchers has discovered a possible reason why L-dopa, the front-line drug for treating Parkinson’s disease, loses efficacy and causes dyskinesia

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 11, 2022 – New kidney research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is raising concerns that long-term use of drugs commonly prescribed to treat high-blood pressure and heart failure could be contributing to kidney damage.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SAN ANTONIO – Independent teams from Texas Biomedical Research Institute and the Medical College of Wisconsin have published two papers in Science Translational Medicine….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Thanks to a symbiotic fungus, many species of morning glories contain elements of powerful psychedelic drugs, according to a new Tulane University study

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Young patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) can enjoy long remissions on the drug ibrutinib, but must stay on it indefinitely to keep the cancer in remission.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new therapeutic approach prevents the growth of metastatic tumors in mice by forcing cancer cells into a dormant state in which they are unable to proliferate.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study led by researchers at suggests that a widely used heart failure drug named sacubitril/valsartan is no better than valsartan alone in patients with severe heart failure.