Despite naloxone recommendations for people who take high-dose opioids, or who have a history of opioid problems, study finds those at risk aren’t getting overdose rescue drug MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Only a tiny minority of people at risk for an opioid overdose actually are prescribed a drug that could save their lives,...
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Drug targeting common cancer cause enters phase 2 clinical trials
By Michael Irving A promising new cancer drug will soon enter phase 2 clinical trials, after finding success in animal models and preliminary human studies. Known as AMG 510, the drug targets a gene mutation that’s one of the most common causes of cancer. Errors in a gene called KRAS are responsible for up to...
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Directional control of self-propelled protocells: The future of drug delivery?
Synthetic protocells can be made to move toward and away from chemical signals, an important step for the development of new drug-delivery systems that could target specific locations in the body. By coating the surface of the protocells with enzymes — proteins that catalyze chemical reactions — a team of researchers at Penn State was...
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Woman’s Blood Turned Blue After Using Over-The-Counter Drug To Treat Toothache
21 September 2019, 9:23 am EDT By Allan Adamson Tech Times A woman from Rhode Island suffered from a rare and potentially life-threatening disorder after using an over-the-counter pain medication she bought to treat her toothache. The woman’s condition deprived her of oxygen and turned her blood dark blue. Blue BloodDoctors who reported the case...
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Electrospinning Drug Delivery Bandages Directly Onto Wounds
CRITICAL CARE, DERMATOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, PLASTIC SURGERY, SURGERY NOVEMBER 14TH, 2019 MEDGADGET EDITORS Electrospinning is a maturing manufacturing technology that is already being used in medicine to produce unusual materials with novel properties. It involves melting a polymer and extruding it through a narrow nozzle, while an electric field is used to pull and...
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Drug that targets key mutation found to shrink some tumors
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Australia (and sponsored by pharmaceutical company Amgen Research) has found that a drug they optimized to target a protein produced due to mutations in the genome was able to shrink some tumors in mice and humans. In...
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New Vertex cystic fibrosis drug approved, extending treatments to 90% of patients
By ANDREW JOSEPH @Drew Q Joseph Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Monday won approval for its fourth treatment for cystic fibrosis, a combination drug that extends a new form of therapy to 90% of CF patients. The drug will be marketed as Trikafta. The list price is $311,000 per year — the same as one of Vertex’s (VRTX) earlier CF treatments....
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Fruit flies live longer with combination drug treatment
Posted Yesterday A triple drug combination has been used to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 48 percent in a new study led by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany, and the UCL. The three drugs are all already in use as medical treatments: lithium as a mood stabiliser, trametinib...
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Antidepressants linked to heightened pregnancy related diabetes risk
by British Medical Journal Taking antidepressants while expecting a baby is linked to a heightened risk of developing diabetes that is specifically related to pregnancy, known as gestational diabetes, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open. The risk was greatest among mums to be who were taking venlafaxine, a type of drug known...
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Old Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet? Here’s What to Do with Them
Posted Today They’re haunting the back of your medicine cabinet like the Ghosts of Illnesses Past. Pain pills your doctor prescribed years ago after that operation. Antibiotics from a child’s last ear infection. Half-finished, crusty bottles of cough syrup and leftover sleeping pills. It’s bad enough these old drugs are taking up valuable storage space. But they could also be dangerous to people and...