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Study discovers how higher doses of oral semaglutide improve blood sugar c
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Diabetes is a chronic condition that makes it difficult to regulate blood sugar levels. For many people, the condition worsens with time, making it harder to control blood sugar levels. Semaglutide is one example of a GLP-1 receptor agonist that has given patients more control over blood sug
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Higher doses of oral semaglutide improve blood sugar control, weight loss:
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects one's capacity to regulate blood sugar levels. Many patients' conditions worsen over time, making blood sugar levels more difficult to control. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, such as semaglutide, have given patients greater con
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Research: Cognitive behavioural therapy delivered via smartphone app impro
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
People with Type 2 diabetes who were given a smartphone app that delivers personalized cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) saw significantly greater reductions in their blood sugar and less need for higher doses of diabetes medications at six months compared with those who only received stan
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New antimalarial medicine needs higher doses to treat infection
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a report published in eLife, a new antimalarial medicine is being released at a dose that is too low to be effective for all people who require it.
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Study finds antibiotics' effectiveness reduces when multiple microbes are
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], March 20 (ANI): A study has found that higher doses of antibiotics are required to eliminate a bacterial infection of the airways when other microbes are present.
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Researchers identify potentially safer approach to opioid drug development
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Opioids are powerful painkillers but their use is hindered because patients become tolerant to them, requiring higher and higher doses, and overdoses can cause respiratory depression and death.
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Higher the dose, more the relief: It's all a myth says study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): According to a recent study conducted over higher dose intake of opioid, it has been observed that such measures are not effective in reducing pain.
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New treatment option for heart failure found
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need for dialysis in selected heart failure patients, found a recent study.
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Oral steroids increases risk of infection in patients with inflammatory di
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): Usage of oral steroid in patients with inflammatory diseases like polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of infection and the risk increases with higher doses, recent findings suggest.
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High dose of X-ray radiations increases cancer risk for obese patients
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): Extremely obese people need a higher dose of radiation during X-ray examinations than people of normal weight, which increases their risk of cancer, a recent study suggests.
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Higher rifampin can be more effective to fight TB
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): Turns out, higher dose of rifampin, an antibiotic to treat several types of bacterial infections, can kill more tuberculosis bacteria in sputum cultures without increasing the adverse effects of treatment.
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This drug ups risk of heart failure in cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): A study has recently found that taking a higher dose of Carfilzomib, which is used for treating cancer, can increase the risk of hypertension, heart failure, and heart attacks in multiple myeloma patients.
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