New COVID-19 Treatment for People With Diabetes Shows Early Promise
A new COVID-19 treatment for people with diabetes has shown promising results in a trial led by UCL researchers. The trial was conducted by St…
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FDA: Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19
COVID-19. We’ve been living with it for what sometimes seems like forever. Given the number of deaths that have occurred from the disease, it’s perhaps…
New Medicine Shows Promise in Treating Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Study is first to report comparison between an oral SERD and a standard aromatase inhibitor. Findings Early results from a UCLA-led clinical trial found treating…
Lipitor May Be Effective Treatment for Ulcerative Colitis
There may be good news for the nearly 1 million people battling ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel condition with no real cure: Statins,…
Several FDA-Approved Drugs Could Be Repurposed To Treat People Infected With COVID-19
Study suggests some medications might inhibit virus replication in human cells. Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, effective therapeutics are needed until worldwide immunity has…
When Organoids Meet Coronaviruses: Assessing Potential COVID Drug Targets
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers in collaboration with the group of Bart Haagmans (Erasmus MC) established an organoid biobank to search for the…
Research Reveals Drug Targets for Memory Enhancement – Treatments for Alzheimer’s, Schizophrenia and More
Discovery represents significant advance in developing treatments for cognitive impairment in a broad spectrum of neurological and psychiatric disorders including Alzheimer’s. Bristol-led research has identified…
Johns Hopkins: Anti-Parasitic Drug Slows Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
As the third-most lethal cancer in the United States, with only a 1% five-year survival rate for people with its most aggressive form, pancreatic cancer…
4 in 1 Blood Pressure “Quadpill” Much More Effective Than Monotherapy
Results publish in The Lancet, presented to global ESC cardiology conference. The first large-scale, long-term trial of a new strategy using combinations of very low…
Breakthrough Discovery Could Pave the Way for Effective New Non-Opioid Painkillers
Researchers unlock the key that could lead to the development of non-opioid painkillers to treat chronic pain. Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery…
Gout Medicine Could Also Battle COVID-19 – FDA Approved and Has Potent Antiviral Properties
As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket across the U.S. and the world, few options are available for treating patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2. But new…
Ivermectin: Can People Take a Drug for Horses and Cows To Treat a Deadly Virus?
Demand has surged for ivermectin, a drug widely given to horses and cows to treat worms and other parasitic infections, as a possible treatment or…
The Next Treatment for COVID-19 Could Already Be at Your Local Pharmacy
Existing Drugs Kill SARS-CoV-2 in Cells Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers worldwide have been looking for ways to treat COVID-19. And while the…
Researchers Tell Doctors: “Stop Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19”
In 2021, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure and treatment of COVID-19. Since…
Leaky Sewers Contaminating Streams With Substantial Amounts of Medications
Pharmaceutical compounds can harm the environment. However, in waterways that don’t receive treated wastewater, these pollutants aren’t expected to be present. Now, researchers reporting in…
Drug Used To Fight Tumors in Animals May Be Effective in Treating COVID-19
Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source have discovered that a drug used to fight tumors in animals might be effective against many types of coronaviruses,…
COVID-19: Achilles’ Heel of SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Identified
Certain regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome might be a suitable target for future drugs. This is what researchers at Goethe University, together with their collaborators…
Dosing the Coast: Leaky Sewer Pipes Are Medicating the Chesapeake Bay
In Baltimore, Maryland, leaky sewage infrastructure delivers tens of thousands of human doses of pharmaceuticals to the Chesapeake Bay every year. So reports a new…
