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Harsh treatments that fail to eliminate tumors can make them more resilient, a new A*STAR study finds. Elevated temperature, nutrient deprivation, or other environmental stressors can cause cancer cells to acquire large-scale genomic changes, some of which make them resistant to the drugs commonly used in cancer care. This finding offers a warning about anti-cancer […]
Sales of prescription psychiatric drugs such as Xanax and diazepam via darknet online drug markets have increased in the UK at an alarming rate, according to new research by the University of Kent and King’s College London. The findings validate concerns that non-medical prescription drug use (NMPDU) is becoming increasingly common in the UK and […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBIO), presented updated interim data from the Phase 2/3 trial of subcutaneous prophylactic Factor VIIa (FVIIa) variant marzeptacog alfa (activated) (MarzAA) currently being developed for the treatment of hemophilia A or B with inhibitors. The data were delivered in an oral […]
Luckily, BV is easily treated with simple antibiotics. In some women, the infection comes back, and they have to take antibiotics for longer to get rid of the infection completely. We’ll run through the best treatments for BV here—and whether you need treatment at all. How do I know I have BV? Many women don’t […]
Australia aims to “virtually eliminate” HIV transmission by 2022, according to the health minister’s new national HIV strategy. This ambitious goal has been made possible by biomedical HIV prevention, a new and highly effective way of preventing HIV using medications. But new inequalities are emerging between those who can and can’t access these medications because […]
January 17, 2019 – REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Proteus Digital Health®, Inc., Fairview Health Services, and University of Minnesota Health announced today that for the first time cancer patients are using digital oncology medicines to support treatment regimens and improve outcomes. This advancement helps patients complete oral chemotherapy cycles while oncologists gain […]
Here’s a list of nine drug classes you should be careful with when working out. We’ll talk about why extra precautions may be necessary and how you can work around these drug-exercise interactions. 1) Antidepressants Getting in the mood to workout can be mentally tough as it is. Antidepressants like sertraline (Zoloft) and fluoxetine (Prozac) […]
Demi Lovato’s drug overdose and Anthony Bourdain’s suicide resulted in unequal news coverage of national help hotlines, finds a new study published Jan. 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. While Americans tweeted in high volumes and searched for topics relating to Demi Lovato and drugs after the pop singer’s hospitalization for an alleged heroin overdose in […]
Bruising, where blood gets trapped under the skin, usually happens from trauma—like banging your knee against a table. Now, easy bruising without trauma is a different story. It could be due to health conditions like a shortage of platelets, bleeding disorders, and deficiencies in vitamin C, vitamin K or protein. Or, more commonly, it could […]
STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Loxo Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOXO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of highly selective medicines for patients with genomically defined cancers, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of LOXO-305. LOXO-305 is an investigational, highly selective, non-covalent Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) […]