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Common medications can masquerade as dementia in seniors

By all accounts the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe dementia. She was largely incoherent. Her short-term memory was terrible. She couldn't focus on questions that medical professionals asked her.

18 Jul 2019

New drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat to outsmart tumors

A stealthy new drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat in order to outsmart, penetrate and destroy tumors.

18 Jul 2019

Adolescents using multiple sources for prescription drugs at high risk for substance use disorders

Roughly 11% of high school seniors reported prescription drug misuse during the past year, and of those, 44% used multiple supply sources, according to a pair of University of Michigan studies.

18 Jul 2019

Human genotype determines if a given Alzheimer's drug will be effective

University at Buffalo researchers have determined that a human gene present in 75 % of the population is a key reason why a class of drugs for Alzheimer's disease seemed promising in animal studies only to fail in human studies.

18 Jul 2019

Employing new federal rule on health insurance plans could save money

Millions of Americans with chronic conditions could save money on the drugs and medical services they need the most, if their health insurance plans decide to take advantage of a new federal rule issued today.

18 Jul 2019

Marijuana isn’t a great choice for glaucoma treatment, says expert

Marijuana can help reduce the pressure inside the eye (IOP, or intraocular pressure). Being a euphoric drug, it is now a commonly used recreational and medicinal drug. In fact, its use ranks fourth among all substances, behind tobacco, alcohol and caffeine.

18 Jul 2019

New federal health insurance rule could help millions of Americans save money on drugs and care

18 Jul 2019

Global payment model offers a framework for slowing health care spending

One popular idea for lowering the nation's ballooning health care spending is to change the way insurers pay provider organizations for their care. Instead of paying a fee for each service rendered- a model that can encourage the unscrupulous use of more services even when the benefit is dubious, reformers suggest giving clinical practices a global yearly budget to care for a population of patients.

18 Jul 2019

Opioid overdose deaths on the decline says CDC but the real picture may still be grim

The opioid epidemic began in the 1990s with hundreds of deaths occurring each year due to overdose of these drugs of abuse. According to the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), for the first time in two decades, there has been a drop of 5 percent in the opioid overdose deaths in 2018.

17 Jul 2019

Mothers with gestational diabetes transferring harmful 'forever chemicals' to their fetus

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts have found that pregnant women with gestational diabetes have a higher rate of passing on harmful synthetic chemicals called PFAS (17 - per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to their unborn babies and thus risking their health.

17 Jul 2019

Study explores pregnancy-related adverse events associated with acne medication

Isotretinoin (also known by its former brand name as Accutane or Roaccutane) is an extremely effective acne medication that can help patients whose severe acne has not responded to other drugs.

17 Jul 2019

Scientists discover how resistance to the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil arises

Australian researchers have unlocked the mystery as to why the chemotherapy drug 5-Fluorouracil is not effective at treating certain cancers.

17 Jul 2019

FDA approves antibacterial drug to treat complicated urinary tract infections, intra-abdominal infections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Recarbrio (imipenem, cilastatin and relebactam), an antibacterial drug product to treat adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI).

17 Jul 2019

Marijuana use may not make parents more relaxed

Sorry, marijuana moms and dads: Using pot may not make you a more relaxed parent, at least when it comes to how you discipline your children.

17 Jul 2019

Research opens possibility of developing single-dose gene therapy for inherited arrhythmias

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital report creating the first human tissue model of an inherited heart arrhythmia, replicating two patients' abnormal heart rhythms in a dish, and then suppressing the arrhythmia with gene therapy in a mouse model.

17 Jul 2019

Family members' drugs may be risk factor for overdose in individuals without prescriptions

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid overdoses were responsible for more than 42,000 deaths in 2016.

17 Jul 2019

Rutgers researchers create new device to see if targeted cancer therapy is working

Rutgers researchers have created a device that can determine whether targeted chemotherapy drugs are working on individual cancer patients.

17 Jul 2019

AI-enabled device detects if targeted chemotherapy is working

A new portable device that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and biosensors can rapidly detect if cancer cells thrive after chemotherapy treatment.

17 Jul 2019

Research on increasing insulin’s shelf life may have significant implications for health care

Insulin, a medication used to treat diabetes, is temperature-sensitive and has a short shelf life. It can be stored unopened for up to a year, but once opened, it must be used within weeks or even days.

17 Jul 2019

Gene modulation goes wireless hacking the "boss gene"

Researchers from the University at Buffalo have successfully used technology to wirelessly tweak the functioning of a gene FGFR1. This gene is vital in the growth of embryos into adults. Their experiments were successful in the lab grown brain tissues and shows potential in therapeutics.

16 Jul 2019

Drugs News and Research

Common medications can masquerade as dementia in seniors

New drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat to outsmart tumors

Adolescents using multiple sources for prescription drugs at high risk for substance use disorders

Human genotype determines if a given Alzheimer's drug will be effective

Employing new federal rule on health insurance plans could save money

Marijuana isn’t a great choice for glaucoma treatment, says expert

New federal health insurance rule could help millions of Americans save money on drugs and care

Global payment model offers a framework for slowing health care spending

Opioid overdose deaths on the decline says CDC but the real picture may still be grim

Mothers with gestational diabetes transferring harmful 'forever chemicals' to their fetus

Study explores pregnancy-related adverse events associated with acne medication

Scientists discover how resistance to the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil arises

FDA approves antibacterial drug to treat complicated urinary tract infections, intra-abdominal infections

Marijuana use may not make parents more relaxed

Research opens possibility of developing single-dose gene therapy for inherited arrhythmias

Family members' drugs may be risk factor for overdose in individuals without prescriptions

Rutgers researchers create new device to see if targeted cancer therapy is working

AI-enabled device detects if targeted chemotherapy is working

Research on increasing insulin’s shelf life may have significant implications for health care

Gene modulation goes wireless hacking the "boss gene"

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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