by University of Missouri Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study at the University of Missouri’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment has found that propranolol, a medication that treats high blood pressure, can also help lower anxiety for kids and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The work is published in the journal Psychopharmacology. Given...
VETERANS AFFAIRS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS A study led by VA Puget Sound Health Care System researchers has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent posttraumatic headaches. Senior study author Dr. Murray Raskind, director of the VA Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center in Seattle, Washington, explained that few treatment options exist...
by Massachusetts General Hospital ICB increases GBM vascular leakage and induces brain edema. MR T2-weighted-Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (T2-FLAIR) images obtained from a recurrent GBM patient (A) before and (B) after 4 mo of anti-PD-L1 (MEDI4763; NCT02336165) treatment show increased edema after ICB treatment. In addition to ICB-induced inflammation, this change may be due in part...
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dr. Qin Wang and research scientist Hasib Rehman. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose as a treatment to mitigate the often life-altering effects of increasingly prevalent PTSD, scientists say. Clonidine is commonly used as a high...
