by Institute of Cancer Research A pioneering precision medicine already licensed for breast and ovarian cancer can also slow or stop tumour growth in some men with advanced prostate cancer, a new clinical trial shows. The phase II trial found that over 80 per cent of men with prostate cancer whose tumours had mutations in...
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Penn uncovers dose of medication more likely to put patients with pemphigus into remission
Findings may inform use of recent FDA-approved drug rituximab to better treat patients with pemphigus UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA – Pemphigus, an autoimmune disease mediated by B cells and which causes painful blisters and sores on the skin and mucous membranes, is a rare chronic autoimmune condition that can be fatal if...
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A drug maker courted controversy when it shut out a family-run rival. Now some patients say the medicine isn’t working
By ED SILVERMAN @Pharmalot NOVEMBER 15, 2019 Last February, Barbara Moore switched to a new medicine to combat a rare neuromuscular disease that had plagued her for nearly a quarter of a century. She had not planned to do so, but Moore had no choice: An effective treatment she had been taking all those years...
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In a breakthrough, health officials identify possible culprit behind vaping illnesses: vitamin E acetate
By MEGAN THIELKING @meggophone Health officials have identified a possible culprit behind the spate of vaping-related illnesses that have sickened thousands: vitamin E acetate. The chemical — used as an additive or thickening agent in some vaping products — turned up in every sample of lung fluid collected from 29 patients with vaping-related illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. While vitamin E acetate is used in supplements and skin creams...
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What time of day should I take my medicine?
by Nial Wheate and Andrew Bartlett, The Conversation Does it matter if you take your medicine morning, noon or night? That depends on a number of factors. Credit: Kat Ka/www.shutterstock.com Whether you need to take a drug at a specific time of day depends on the medication and the condition you are treating. For some medicines, it...
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What time of day should I take my medicine?
by Nial Wheate and Andrew Bartlett, The Conversation Whether you need to take a drug at a specific time of day depends on the medication and the condition you are treating. For some medicines, it doesn’t matter what time you take it. And for others, the pharmacist may recommend you take it at the same time each day. But we estimate that for around 30% of all medicines, the time...
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A simpler way to make some medicines
Chemists find new way of creating the building blocks of many drugs OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – Organic chemists at The Ohio State University have figured out how to synthesize the most common molecule arrangement in medicine, a scientific discovery that could change the way a number of drugs – including one most commonly used to...
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Is Meat Good or Bad? How to Avoid Whiplash from Nutritional Studies
One study found that 80 percent of people have come across conflicting nutritional advice. Experts recommend not changing your diet entirely based on one study. Look at a wide range of research and remember a diet full of fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins is still pretty healthy. You’ve been hearing for decades that it’s a...
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The technology behind Bitcoin may improve the medications of the future
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES BLOCKCHAIN. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a prototype of an app that may potentially prescribe the optimal dose of medicine for the individual patient, as well as prevent counterfeit products. Big data. Machine Learning. Internet of Things. Blockchain. Futuristic concepts from the world of technology will...
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A new molecule to boost modern cancer therapies
Posted Today Highly effective modern cancer therapies rely on immune cells to attack and shrink tumours. Medicine instructs body’s immune system to attack cancer cells, which is a safer approach, but scientists from the University of Edinburgh found a way to boost this effect. They found a molecule that boosts the function of immune cells and allows patient’s body to launch a powerful anti-cancer immune response. The molecule is...