A plastic pill for periodontal problems September 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Rutgers scientists announced a revolutionary new treatment for killing the bacteria that attack gum tissue during periodontal disease, while also promoting healing and the regeneration of tissue and bone around the teeth. ... | |
Anti-inflammatory drug blocks brain plaques June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Brain destruction in Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a protein called amyloid beta in the brain, which triggers damaging inflammation and the destruction of nerve cells. Scientists had previously shown that ... | |
Scientists develop 'exercise pill' May 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A U.S. scientist has created an "exercise pill" that activates a gene that tells cells to burn fat, making mice resistant to high-fat diet weight gains. | |
U.S., Canada, begin trauma experiments May 27, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The U.S. government is undertaking a set of controversial studies that allows some medical experiments without getting patients' permission. | |
Drug improves symptoms of severe Alzheimer's disease July 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A drug initially used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease improved the memory and global function of people with severe Alzheimer’s disease and was safe and effective, according to a study published in the July ... | |
Who benefits from antidepressants? February 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A new study published today in PLoS Medicine suggests that antidepressants only benefit some, very severely depressed patients. | |
Medication shows promise for patients with severe chronic constipation May 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A new medication appears to offer significant relief to patients with severe chronic constipation while minimizing the likelihood of cardiac-related side effects, according to results of a study published this week in the ... | |
First pharmaceutical drug to improve survival amongst patients with advanced hepatocarcinoma June 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
International research involving the University Hospital of the University of Navarra, together with other hospitals in Spain, has shown that Sorafenib, an orally administered pharmaceutical medicine, results in patients ... | |
Old drugs need 'repurposing' for new uses, physician says October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Overly restrictive intellectual property laws devalue the "repurposing" of existing medications for new uses, slowing their availability as life-saving treatments, a Portland researcher contends. | |
Nosespray vaccine using aloe vera has exciting potential, researcher says September 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at Texas A&M University are participating in developing a medicine that is worth sneezing about: a treatment for influenza that forms a jelly when sprayed into the nose. | |
Mayo Clinic tests novel vaccine for aggressive brain tumors October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A vaccine that has significantly increased life expectancy in early tests of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) − the most common, most aggressive form of brain cancer in adults − is now being offered ... | |
Actual use of asthma medications contradicts guidelines March 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A study has found only 16% of the 352,082 Australians who filled a prescription for asthma preventer medications for the first time during the period July 2004 to June 2005, went on to use them regularly. | |
The truth about drug innovation June 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and Christopher-Paul Milne, researchers from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, examines case histories for ... | |
Adult stem cells from human cord umbilical cord blood successfully engineered to make insulin May 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have ... | |
 Prescribed Meds is Still Best Path to Alcoholism Recovery June 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Some drugs can reduce withdrawal symptoms and the urge to drink alcohol, but they will not work if patients stop taking them. A study by Columbia researchers found that while behavioral treatments can help ... | |
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