A new USC study reports that sudden price spikes for some generic drugs—such as the recently reported increases of a
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New study finds concurrent use of prescription drugs and dietary supplements could pose health risks
A new University of Hertfordshire study found that using certain over-the-counter herbal medicines and dietary supplements alongside prescription drugs could
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Antipsychotic drugs are rarely effective in ‘calming’ dementia patients
Antipsychotic medications were initially developed to treat schizophrenia, a mental health condition characterised by psychotic symptoms such as delusions and
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A component of green tea can help deliver drugs to tumors in the body
Wrapping an anticancer drug in a nanoscale case made of a polymer and a component of green tea is an
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Red-blood-cell ‘hitchhikers’ offer new way to transport drugs to specific targets
A new drug-delivery technology which uses red blood cells (RBCs) to shuttle nano-scale drug carriers, called RBC-hitchhiking (RH), has been
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Drug’s impact on amino acid transporter may offer non-small cell lung cancer patients new hope
An amino acid transporter named xCT may affect the growth and progression of non-small cell lung cancer, a discovery that
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New drugs are improving survival times for patients with aggressive type of blood cancer, study finds
Survival times for a highly aggressive type of blood cancer have nearly doubled over the last decade due to the
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Sex, drugs hold less allure for today’s high schoolers
(HealthDay)—Today’s teens are a much tamer lot, a new U.S. government survey finds. Fewer high school students are turning to
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Half of hepatitis C patients with private insurance denied life-saving drugs
The number of insurance denials for life-saving hepatitis C drugs among patients with both private and public insurers remains high
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Cocktail of drugs could restore memories in Alzheimer’s
Cocktail of drugs that replaces lost brain cells could restore memories in Alzheimer’s patients and reduce tremors in Parkinson’s sufferers,
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