Study shows combination of immune substances to be safe
New research has shown that the immune-stimulating hormone known as interleukin-12 (IL-12) can safely be administered with interferon, another immune-system protein, as an experimental therapy for some cancers. Normally, interferon is used alone to stimulate the immune system to attack certain cancers. This strategy, a form of immunotherapy, is sometimes used to treat melanoma, advanced k...Study identifies substances in grapefruit juice that interact dangerously with some drugs
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified and established the substance in grapefruit juice that causes potentially dangerous interactions with certain medications. For almost a decade, people have been told by their doctors and pharmacists to avoid grapefruit juice if they are being treated with certain medications, including some drugs that control...Healthcare Worker Arrested For Administering Noxious Substances
A 45-year old woman was arrested on suspicion of administering noxious substance to the patient in the hospital. The woman is working at the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge// and was thought to give lethal doses of drugs to the patient. Hence she was arrested by the Cambridgeshire police. The woman is a member of medical staff but not a qualified nurse. She was arrested at the hosp...Sylvester Stallone Regrets Smuggling Banned Substances to Australia
Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone has apologized profusely for trying to smuggle human growth hormones and testosterone into Australia. Stallone has been charged with importing banned substances into Australia in February this year during a tour to promote his film Rocky Balboa. A Customs search of his luggage at the start of his three-day visit to Sydney had revealed 48 vi...