A common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis—which can help the elderly bounce back faster from injury or illness.
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Drugs used to treat rare conditions are earning pharmaceutical companies almost as much as those marketed to the general public.
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A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for our understanding of how the process goes wrong in type 2 diabetes.
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How do you tell if a medication has been kept at its optimal temperature? Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made it easier with color-changing materials.
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A molecule that was developed to treat tuberculosis but failed to pass lab testing as an antibiotic is now showing promise as a powerful fighter for weeds that cost farmers billions of dollars each year.
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Atazanavir, an HIV protease inhibitor drug, may be a new avenue to improving the effectiveness of existing antifungals for those with a Candida auris infection.
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The hormone oxytocin is important for social interaction and to control emotions. A deficiency of this hormone has previously been assumed in various diseases, such as autism, but has never been proven- until now.
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Antibiotics administered before and during surgery should be discontinued immediately after a patient’s incision is closed, according to updated recommendations for preventing surgical site infections.
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Medication delivered by a novel gel cured 100% of mice with an aggressive brain cancer, a striking result that offers new hope for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most common brain tumors in humans.
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Up to 70 percent of ICU patients receive antibiotic therapy on any given day, but 30 to 60 percent of those prescriptions are unnecessary.
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New research is hailing the fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide as the next line of anti-aging products.
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A new study says the medical sleep treatment melatonin may reduce self-harm in young people with anxiety and depression, especially girls.
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A 2018 study showed that 55% of terminated studies in a clinical trials database closed due to under-enrollment.
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A 2014 FDA mandate to limit the dosage of acetaminophen in pills that combine acetaminophen and opioid medications appears effective as a new study shows significant reductions in serious liver injury in the years after the mandate was implemented.
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A clinical trial testing a temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses from the cellular arm of the immune system.
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