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Epilepsy Increases Suicide Risks

...ociety for Epilepsy. ``Uncontrolled seizures and drug side effects can have a devastating effect on the quality of life for people with the condition,'' Ingrid Burns, public relations manager at U.K. advocacy group Epilepsy Action, ``Many aspects can be affected like employment, schooling and social li...

A Drug That Helps Cut Alcohol Craving

...of heavy drinkers has shown that a craving-curbing drug has the potential to counter problem drinking. ...icipants were administered either a placebo or the drug nalmefene on an as needed basis. It was observed that people who received the drug whenever they f...

Reduction in Antidepressant Leads to Suicidal Risks

...03, the Committee on Safety of Medicines [the U.K. drug regulatory agency] declared the risk-benefit profile of all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants (as well as venlafaxine hydrochloride and mirtazapine), with the exception of fluoxetine, to be unfavorable for the treatment of...

Young Girls Turning to Speed for Losing Weight

...led that girls as young as 15 are resorting to the drug speed, class A and class B, for losing weight. ...as replacements for meals. Herne warned that the drug can lead to binge eating, which in turn would result in eating disorders. There is anecdotal evide...

War Trauma-hit UK Veteran Population Set to Increase

...om depression and self-harm to anger, violence and drug addiction. Often, the symptoms will be so extreme that the veteran will be unable to live a normal life. Work prospects, family life and other relationships may be affected, exacerbating the symptoms and leading to an ever-increasing sense of isolati...

Pfizer Says Nigerian Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Drug Case

US drug giant Pfizer Wednesday asked a Nigerian court to s...gainst it by a state government over a failed 1996 drug test, saying the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. Authorities in Kano, Nigeria's large...

Genetic Mutation That Makes Common Cancers Resistant to Drugs Identified

... among the most frequently targeted for new cancer drug discovery efforts. The activation of this pathw... such as the AKT1 mutation are beginning to change drug development efforts. This discovery adds to the short but growing list of molecular features that ma...

Aboriginal People Less Likely to Use Methadone Therapy

...methadone maintenance therapy among 1603 injection drug users from May 1996 to November 2005. At enrolment, 12.4% of Aboriginal participants used methadone, compared with 21.2% of non-Aboriginal participants. Among heroin users, Aboriginal people were less likely than non-Aboriginal people to use methadon...

New "second-line" AIDS Drug Shows Promise in Trials

An experimental drug that researchers hope will cast a lifeline to HIV patients who have exhausted first-line treatment has shown early promise in long-awaited trials, The Lancet reports on Saturday. Etravirine, also called TMC125, is designed as an alternative for pa...

New Drugs Show Promise in Fighting Drug-Resistant HIV

A new investigational drug used in combination with a second newer agent has ...es, which must grant their approval before the new drug can be publicly available. For the DUET trial, Kaiser Permanente enrolled the most patients of all...

New Strategy to Counter Problem Drinking

Problem drinkers who took a craving-curbing drug whenever they felt the desire to imbibe reported f...nkers in Finland, who took either a placebo or the drug nalmefene on an as needed basis. It has a robust and sustained effect in reducing harmful heavy dri...

Kids With Crohn's Disease are at Ease Now

...extreme weight loss and anemia. Treatment includes drug therapy, education, nutritional and psychosocial counseling, and surgery. Both forms of IBD are complex and can be difficult to diagnose. According to the Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America, IBD can strike at any age but occurs most often in ...

The Hospital Superbugs

...liams who will discuss the difficulties related to drug resistance and to their own research and how that might be useful in the future. More information is available from Professor Richard James on +44 (0)115 8467952 or Professor Nigel Minton on +44 (0) 115 8467458 or Media Relations Manager Lindsay Br...

Contraceptive Spray Shows Positive Clinical Trial Result

The Australian drug delivery company, announced positive results from its Phase 1 clinical studies using two unique contraceptive skin sprays, each containing a progestin and an estrogen . The first study was a Phase I, pharmacokinetic study, investigating the delive...

Role of MicroRNA in Cancer Suppression Identified

...pecific, single microRNA (miR-34a) to be used as a drug candidate in cancer therapy to increase programmed...cer and highlights their potential to act as novel drug targets", noted Dr. Dalia Cohen, Global Head of Research and Development at Rosetta Genomics. "By in...

High-risk Patients Need Better Guidance on What is and Isnt a Heart Attack

...ying advice from doctors, health organisations and drug manufacturers about how to use the drugs (sublingual nitrate GTN sprays) prescribed to relieve the condition. The advice also varies on when they should call an ambulance. The British Heart Foundation advises patients with known IHD to call an ambu...

Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too

...nistration (FDA), Gardasil is a safe and effective drug and it is clearly part of the new frontier of canc...rom the inside of their penis.) The value of the drug could also go up if a growing lobby of health groups has its way. Already U.S. doctors are saying th...

Genaera Discontinues Lomucin in Cystic Fibrosis Studies

...ld allow us to better understand the impact of the drug on respiratory function in cystic fibrosis patients. The committee determined that there is no additional benefit to further enrollment, so we found it reasonable to conclude the study, evaluate the impact of the drug, and move forward focused on our...

AIDS Foundation Lauds Brazil for Negotiating Price Cut on Abbott's Kaletra

...oratories' lifesaving medication, Kaletra (its two drug AIDS drug combination including lopinavir and ritonavir). According to Bloomberg News Service, Brazil has p...

Single Drug to Check Both Glucose and Cholesterol in Diabetics on the Cards

Tulane University researchers say that a single drug for keeping both glucose and cholesterol levels of patients with type 2 diabetes under check may soon be available. Lead researcher Dr. Vivian A. Fonseca, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, says that th...

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