New research led by University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) scientists has profiled the side effects of methotrexate – a common drug used to treat arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. The authors hope their findings – published in journal Rheumatology – will ease the concerns of patients before commencing treatment, who often lack...
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Tangled messages: Tracing neural circuits to chemotherapy’s ‘constellation of side effects’
JANUARY 8, 2022 by Georgia Institute of Technology Rendering of brain/neurons firing (NIH). Credit: NIH Severe and persistent disability often undermines the life-saving benefits of cancer treatment. Pain and fatigue—together with sensory, motor, and cognitive disorders—are chief among the constellation of side effects that occur with the platinum-based agents used widely in chemotherapy treatments worldwide. A...
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New cancer therapy holds potential to switch off major cancer types without side effects
by Liz Fuller-Wright, Princeton University In mice and in human tissue, a new compound discovered by Yibin Kang, seen here in his lab in 2017, disables a key gene that’s implicated in breast, prostate, liver, lung, colon and other cancers. Credit: Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications Imagine you could cure cancer by targeting one tiny gene....
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Side effects after booster dose similar to shot two: US study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most side effects after a third dose of a COVID vaccine are mild or moderate and occur at about as often as after shot two, a US study showed Tuesday in a finding that was expected but nonetheless reassuring. The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came...
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Light-activated drugs provide localized medicine without side effects
by University of Barcelona Team led by Professor Francisco Ciruela. Credit: UB-IDIBELL-UBNeuro Photopharmacology is an emerging area of science based on the development of photosensitive drugs, that is, drugs that activate with light. A team from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona has worked on two treatments based on this innovative technology: a morphine derivative that...
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COVID VAX WORKS EVEN WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS
When the two messenger RNA vaccines for COVID-19 first became readily available, many people talked about side effects, everything from headaches to chills to feeling exhausted for a couple days. Yet plenty of others seemed to take the shots in stride, barely registering much beyond a sore arm. It was popular to assume that feeling...
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New COVID-19 vaccine warnings mean the system to report side effects is working
by Justin Vesser, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the U.S. have been proved to be safe and effective, recent reports of rare adverse events, or side effects, have raised concerns. On July 12, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved an update to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet to...
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If You Don’t Have COVID Vaccine Side Effects, Are You Still Protected?
By Stephani Sutherland on April 1, 2021 Credit: Jasmin Merdan Getty Images Last month Robert Duehmig and Bill Griesar—a married couple in their 50s who live in Astoria, Ore., and Portland, Ore.—were each relieved to get their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19. After the jab, Griesar felt nothing more than a sore arm. But for Duehmig, the...
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Did the COVID-19 Vaccine Work if I Didn’t Feel Any Side Effects?
Kelly Elterman, MDKelly Elterman, MD is an experienced and board-certified anesthesiologist in San Antonio, TX who is passionate about writing and education. March 17, 2021, 3:38PM (PT) Key takeaways: Most vaccinated people are protected from COVID-19 even if they don’t have side effects. Only about 50% of people vaccinated with either the Pfizer or Moderna...
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Inhaling a lower dose of statins rather than taking them as a pill could end the scourge of side-effects
By RACHEL ELLIS FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 18:34 EST, 8 February 2021 | UPDATED: 18:36 EST, 8 February 2021 Eight million people in the UK take statins every day. But could inhaling them rather than taking them in pill form prevent common side-effects? Statins, one of the most widely prescribed drugs, are taken to reduce levels of ‘bad’ LDL...