ll good things must come to an end” is a proverb that brand-name drug makers have trouble taking to heart. Just look at the strategies used to prevent competitors from bringing less-expensive generics to market. Pharmaceutical research has led to tremendous advances in medicine. Because of the extraordinarily high cost of bringing new drugs to...
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FDA approves cheaper alternative to EpiPen after emergency drug faced backlash over skyrocketing prices
EpiPens cost about $630 to $700 without insurance New generic version retails for about $225 to $425 U.S. regulators have approved new competition for EpiPen, the emergency allergy medicine that made Mylan a poster child for pharmaceutical company greed. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp.’s product, which should go on...
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Do vitamins help with menopause?
As women start to produce less estrogen and enter perimenopause, they are likely to experience a mix of challenging symptoms. These include hot flashes, insomnia, night sweats, vaginal dryness, and mood swings. Menstrual periods may get lighter or heavier and less regular, but once a woman has not had a period for 12 months, they...
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Researchers find key to muscle regeneration
Saint Louis University researchers report in Molecular Metabolism new findings that the nuclear receptor REV-ERB appears to play a key role in muscle regeneration, suggesting the receptor may be a good target for new drugs to treat a variety of muscle disorders and injuries. Colin Flaveny, Ph.D. assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology and Thomas Burris, Ph.D.,...
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Induced Cell Turnover: A proposed modality for in situ tissue regeneration & repair
Thursday, July 15, 2017, London, UK: Scientists at the Biogerontology Research Foundation, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences at the University of Amsterdam have published a paper on a proposed method of in situ tissue regeneration called Induced Cell Turnover (ICT) in the journal Human Gene Therapy. The...
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Early therapeutic intervention for pre-RA patients significantly reduces risk of RA
The results of a meta-analysis presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference has demonstrated that early therapeutic intervention in patients with so-called pre-rheumatoid arthritis (pre-RA) significantly reduces the risk of the occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in these patients at 52 weeks or more. Recent progress in the understanding...
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Potential mechanism for BCG vaccine reversal of type 1 diabetes
Data presented at American Diabetes Association meeting describes increase in immune cells that control autoimmunity Scientists have documented reversal of advanced type 1 diabetes in mice and subsequently completed a successful phase I human clinical trial of BCG vaccination. Interim results from a FDA-approved clinical trial testing the generic vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse...
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Diabetes linked to bacteria invading the colon
In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate the mucus lining of the colon, according to a study led by Drs. Benoit Chassaing and Andrew Gewirtz at Georgia State University. The findings, which provide insight on how people develop insulin resistance-associated dysglycemia (abnormal blood glucose levels), are...
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Plant compound more powerful than AZT against HIV
A plant found throughout Southeast Asia traditionally used to treat arthritis and rheumatism contains a potent anti-HIV compound more powerful than the drug AZT, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Natural Compounds. The chemical, patentiflorin A, is derived from the willow-leaved Justicia, and was identified in a screening of more than 4,500 plant...
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The secret to a long life? Man tries EXTREME five-day fasting diet with remarkable results – but creator says it’s nothing compared to a ‘magic’ pill that has astonishing anti-ageing side effects
Five destinations around the globe claim to have the key to the fountain of youth Includes drinking red wine for breakfast in Greece and extreme fasting in Italy Channel Seven journalist tested theories on how to live to over 100 years old But a simple magic pill may have the answer to reversing the signs of ageing ...