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AI Therapeutics reports considerable progress on LAM-001 and LAM-004 clinical trials

AI Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that has created an artificial intelligence-driven drug development platform for matching drugs to new indications.

7 Jan 2020

Electrical nerve stimulation may help women with fibromyalgia

A treatment involving electrical nerve stimulation helped women with fibromyalgia in a recent clinical trial. The findings are published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

6 Jan 2020

Researchers develop new way to fight late-stage sepsis

Researchers have developed a way to prop up a struggling immune system to enable its fight against sepsis, a deadly condition resulting from the body's extreme reaction to infection.

6 Jan 2020

Diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, review confirms

A new expert review confirms that diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, but cautions that the evidence for many diets is comparatively weak.

3 Jan 2020

Drug trial seeking treatment option for hyperphagia in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome

One in every 15,000 children is affected by Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a complex, genetic endocrine condition caused by a disorder of chromosome 15. It's non-inheritable, meaning the condition isn't passed down from a family member.

3 Jan 2020

New trial shows how parents can avoid bringing dangerous bacteria into the NICU

For sick or prematurely born babies spending their first days of life in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, the soothing voice and gentle touch of a loving parent can have a tremendous impact toward a positive outcome -- that is, unless mom or dad's visit leaves the infant with something extra: a dangerous bacterial infection.

31 Dec 2019

Scientists discover potential drug compounds that target common type of liver cancer

Scientists from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Genome Institute of Singapore have discovered four potential drug compounds that target hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer.

30 Dec 2019

No clear evidence to determine if psychotherapy or medications are more effective for treating PTSD

A new study that sought to find out whether serotonin reuptake inhibitors or trauma-focused psychotherapy is more effective in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) concluded there is insufficient evidence at present to make that determination.

20 Dec 2019

New antibody shows promise in active lupus

A new trial involving the use of an antibody called anifrolumab reports improvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) after 52 weeks of treatment. The research, titled 'Trial of Anifrolumab in Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus', is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

19 Dec 2019

Acute mountain sickness medication does not reduce exercise performance at high altitudes

A new study finds that a medication commonly prescribed to prevent and combat symptoms of acute mountain sickness does not reduce exercise performance at high altitudes. This may be especially important for military personnel and first responders not accustomed to working above sea level.

19 Dec 2019

A new book on ovarian cancer

An opening discussion of contemporary management of this disease presents commentary on surgery and clinical trials: neoadjuvant, dose-dense, and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC}, as well as immunotherapy, vaccine therapy, emerging therapies.

18 Dec 2019

Cancer drug shows promise in battling Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a lifelong condition that affects the nerve cells in the brain that produce dopamine. As a result, people with this neurodegenerative disease experience tremors, changes in speech, gait issues, and muscle rigidity. Though it has no cure, a new drug used to treat cancer shows promise in treating Parkinson’s.

17 Dec 2019

Pilot study shows strong results for genicular artery embolization to treat OA-related knee pain

A new study published in Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology details the first study of its kind in the U.S. to examine the use of genicular artery embolization (GAE) for extended treatment of knee pain caused by osteoarthritis.

17 Dec 2019

Study shows nilotinib drug is safe and well tolerated in patients with Parkinson's disease

A clinical trial investigating the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in people with Parkinson's disease finds that it is reasonably safe and well tolerated.

17 Dec 2019

10-year results from clinical trial of extended letrozole therapy for women with HR+ breast cancer

In the updated results from NRG Oncology/NSABP B-42 trial through 10 years of observation, extending letrozole therapy for additional five years after five years of adjuvant endocrine therapy resulted in a statistically significant improvement in the 10-year disease-free survival (DFS) of postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer.

12 Dec 2019

Anastrozole can be preventive drug-of-choice for women with high breast cancer risk

The Queen Mary University of London professor leading an international breast cancer study says anastrozole - rather than tamoxifen - should be the preventive drug-of-choice for post-menopausal women at increased risk of developing the disease.

12 Dec 2019

Help for teenagers who want to quit smoking

A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatricsreports on the use of varenicline, a drug that helps smokers quit. The study is unique in that it targeted teenagers who wanted to quit. While confirming the low overall efficacy of the drug, it shows that it may perhaps help teenage smokers to quit faster and to stay smoke-free longer.

11 Dec 2019

Evaluating safety and efficacy of migraine preventive treatment for children, adolescents

Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, published the article entitled "Cinnarizine and sodium valproate as the preventive agents of pediatric migraine: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial", by Man Amanat, and Mahmoud Reza Ashrafi from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

10 Dec 2019

UC study explores side effects in pediatric patients treated with antidepressants

Sometimes, the medications needed to function and live a quality life cause side effects that can make life quite uncomfortable.

10 Dec 2019

Study focuses on smoking cessation treatment for adolescents

Preventable deaths are those that can be stymied by public health intervention, and deaths related to tobacco use are at the top of that list in the United States as well as globally.

10 Dec 2019

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AI Therapeutics reports considerable progress on LAM-001 and LAM-004 clinical trials

Electrical nerve stimulation may help women with fibromyalgia

Researchers develop new way to fight late-stage sepsis

Diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, review confirms

Drug trial seeking treatment option for hyperphagia in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome

New trial shows how parents can avoid bringing dangerous bacteria into the NICU

Scientists discover potential drug compounds that target common type of liver cancer

No clear evidence to determine if psychotherapy or medications are more effective for treating PTSD

New antibody shows promise in active lupus

Acute mountain sickness medication does not reduce exercise performance at high altitudes

A new book on ovarian cancer

Cancer drug shows promise in battling Parkinson’s disease

Pilot study shows strong results for genicular artery embolization to treat OA-related knee pain

Study shows nilotinib drug is safe and well tolerated in patients with Parkinson's disease

10-year results from clinical trial of extended letrozole therapy for women with HR+ breast cancer

Anastrozole can be preventive drug-of-choice for women with high breast cancer risk

Help for teenagers who want to quit smoking

Evaluating safety and efficacy of migraine preventive treatment for children, adolescents

UC study explores side effects in pediatric patients treated with antidepressants

Study focuses on smoking cessation treatment for adolescents

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