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Drug Zoloft May Prevent Recurring Depression In Diabetics

...on," the authors concluded. Zoloft is one of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class of antidepressants, which also includes brands such as Celexa, Paxil and Prozac....

New Research May Be Useful for Developing Drugs for HIV and Cancer

... study findings may also one day be applied to the selective targeting of zinc fingers involved in the biological processes responsible for the spread of cancer. By applying the concept to development of anticancer drugs, the researchers hope to design more specific clinical agents with reduced side effects co...

No Health Warnings On Use Of Antidepressants For Children

...shed aside. The antidepressants, commonly known as selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), have never been approved for treating depression in anyone under 19-years-old. It has been reported in the papers that almost 220,000 prescriptions have been issued for use on patients under the age of 19, and...

New Role of COX Enzymes Discovered

...ructure permits the construction of drugs that are selective in their inhibition for COX -2. For this study the researchers developed a novel genetic mouse model that mimics the physiology of COX-2 inhibition. The investigators demonstrated that the COX-1:COX-2 partnership, or heterodimer, appears to play a ...

New Breed Cats Marketed

...s CEO, Megan Young, says that the firm has taken selective breeding to the next level. Human-exposure trials conducted by Allerca in collaboration with an independent lab revealed that known cat-allergy sufferers ranging from the mildly to the highly allergic, developed no reaction when they came in contac...

Radiation Therapy Made More Compatible

...s in hospitals could eventually be used to destroy selective targets while sparing healthy tissue,’ Dilmanian said. Said collaborator Eliot Rosen, a radiation oncologist at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, ‘This form of microbeam radiation therapy could improve the treatment of many...

Govt to Pass Amendment to Curb Sex Selective Abortions: Ramadoss

...dments in the legislation concerned to prevent sex selective abortions. "The government is willing to bring f...ng in sex determination tests and assisting in sex selective abortions. The minister revealed that 387 cases have been registered so far for conducting sex det...

Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms Without Consulting Doctors

...ies have shown that St. John's wort interacts with selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors, which are the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants, and it is recommended that the two not be combined. Additionally, Ma said there is little in the way of high-quality data on the efficacy of many of the...

Neurotoxins might Reverse Mononeuronal Disease – Study Find

...iseases//. Researcher used neurotoxins to form a selective motoneuron delivery system in the body, which bloc...he mode of action of these neurotoxins to design a selective motoneuron delivery system that could change our way of treating motoneuronal diseases.’ Dr Meunie...

How Does Leptin Work?

...r investigating all types of signaling pathways in selective regions of the brain.’ The researchers found that STAT3 production is essential for leptin's best-known action: acutely reducing food intake. Since obesity occurs when people become resistant to leptin's ‘curb your eating’ message, this finding sugge...

Risks/Benefits of Osteoporosis Drug Use in Postmenopausal Women

... of heart disease. Raloxifene is a non-steroidal selective estrogen-receptor modulator (SERM) produced by Eli Lilly. The drug is sold as Evista for preventing and treating osteoporosis, and has also been tested by doctors as an alternative to tamoxifen for preventing breast cancer in a previous trial. The ...

Molecular Therapy Holds Promise in the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

...nts with inherited forms of ALS. In this disease, selective killing of spinal cord "motor neurons" occurs. Motor neurons are long and complex nerve cells that control voluntary movement. Degeneration of motor neurons in ALS leads to progressive loss of muscle control, paralysis and untimely death. Healthy "n...

Single Sugar Enables Antibody to Treat Inflammation

...induce inflammation in the body by virtue of their selective ability to engage either activating or inhibitory Fc receptors. Earlier work had shown that IVIG infusion changed this ratio of activating and inhibitory receptors on the cells that trigger inflammation, rendering the pro-inflammatory autoantibodies ...

Lower Birth Rate and Fewer Girls under China’s one Child Polic

...rious sex imbalances. Even without the policy, sex selective abortion would be likely to continue, although it would probably be less common. This can only be solved by a change in attitudes towards female offspring. The finding that many younger women in urban areas now express a preference for girls provid...

Smoking Ban should Include Mental Health Units

...stent way to all patients were more effective than selective bans. The health select committee has proposed that psychiatric institutions in England and Wales should not be exempt from the Health Act 2006, say the authors. "We strongly endorse this proposal and suggest that all mental health settings should ...

Mental Health Units Should not be Exempt from Smoking Ban

...stent way to all patients were more effective than selective bans. The health select committee has proposed that psychiatric institutions in England and Wales should not be exempt from the Health Act 2006, say the authors. “We strongly endorse this proposal and suggest that all mental health settings should ...

Babies Suffer Negative Effects of Antidepressants taken during Pregnancy

...hers revealed that babies born to mothers who take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRI antidepressants have more of a likelihood of having a lower birth weight and experiencing respiratory distress. This finding is in contradiction to the belief that treating depressed mothers-to-be lessens the neg...

Pest Control research Leads to Pain Control Discovery

...pany that manufactured and marketed Vioxx, a Cox-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), voluntarily pulled the pain killer from the market in September 2004 due to safety concerns. A 12-month study, published in 2000, showed a four-fold increased risk of heart attacks. Merck hopes to replace ...

Risk Of Colorectal Polyps Recurrence Can Be Controlled By Rofecoxib

.... This study now demonstrates such an effect for a selective COX-2 inhibitor in a placebo-controlled randomized study. While previous randomized studies have shown that COX-2 inhibitors can lower the risk of adenoma in patients with a rare genetic syndrome called familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), the effec...

Brain protein expression can be damaged with prolonged alcohol exposure

...nsduction. "Identification of proteins that show selective changes in abundance after alcohol exposure has the potential to unlock new pathways both for understanding the mechanisms of alcoholism and alcohol toxicity, as well as its amelioration," said Richard A. Rabin, Ph.D., professor in the UB Department ...

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