Medscape Medical News Eve Bender July 02, 2024 Eight commonly used antidepressants have been ranked by their weight gain potential. Results of a large observational study showed small differences in short- and long-term weight change in patients prescribed one of eight antidepressants, with bupropion associated with the lowest weight gain and escitalopram, paroxetine, and duloxetine...
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Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Migraine, Other Severe Headache Types
Medscape Medical News Eve Bender May 03, 2024 Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which are used to control acid reflux, are associated with an increased risk for migraine and other severe headache types, new research showed. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) investigators conducted a cross-sectional analysis and found all types...
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Benzos Hard on the Brain, but Do They Raise Dementia Risk?
Medscape Medical News Benzos Hard on the Brain, but Do They Raise Dementia Risk?Megan Brooks July 01, 2024 New research supports current guidelines cautioning against long-term use of benzodiazepines. The study of more than 5000 older adults found that benzodiazepine use was associated with an accelerated reduction in the volume of the hippocampus and amygdala...
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Research Spotlight: Researchers find that adverse drug events are frequent and many are preventable in the outpatient setting
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM Rachel L. Wasserman, PharmD, of the Department of General Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead author and David W. Bates, MD, medical director of Clinical and Quality Analysis for Mass General Brigham and Co-Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and BioInformatics for Mass General Brigham, is the...
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Prostate Meds Tied to Reduced Risk for Lewy Body Dementia
Certain medications that are used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are associated with a reduced risk for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), the second most common neurodegenerative type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. Investigators found older men taking alpha-1 blockers terazosin, doxazosin, or alfuzosin (Tz/Dz/Az) were 40% less likely to develop DLB than those...
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Turmeric and black pepper supplements linked to liver injury in some people
Research shows that turmeric supplements may have adverse effects. Santiago Urquijo/Getty ImagesThe spice turmeric is a popular food supplement due to a molecule it contains called curcumin, which acts as a strong antioxidant.it is also thought that it could be used to treat or prevent inflammatory conditions.Turmeric’s use has grown in popularity in the past...
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Urgent recall of blood pressure medications over fear pills can cause irregular heart beat, cardiac arrest
By JAMES CIRRONE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM A whopping 135 batches of blood pressure medication have been recalled over fears that the pill capsules won’t properly dissolve when ingested by patients. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals initiated a voluntary recall of 114 batches of 750 mg Potassium Chloride in bottles containing 100 and 500 pills, with all of the specific...
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Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving phages accessible, transportable and much easier to use
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUL-2024 When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages can often save lives, but determining which ones will work and sourcing them is haphazard Peer-Reviewed PublicationMCMASTER UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER ZEINAB HOSSEINIDOUST HOLDS AN ACTIVE PHAGE SAMPLE STORED IN SOLID FORM. CREDIT: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY The great promise of bacteriophages is that they naturally destroy bacteria, often...
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Getting bacteria into line
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS Researchers at Finland’s Aalto University have found a way to use magnets to line up bacteria as they swim. The approach offers more than just a way to nudge bacteria into order – it also provides a useful tool for a wide range of research, such as work on complex materials,...
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How Aspirin May Lower Risk for Colorectal Cancer
Helen Leask July 11, 2024 A growing body of evidence has shown that people who regularly take aspirin have a lower risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) and are less likely to die if they do develop the disease. A 2020 meta-analysis, for instance, found that 325 mg of daily aspirin — the typical dose in...