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New study challenges previous link between diabetes medication and fractur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which reduce renal glucose reabsorption, may help control blood sugar and protect kidney health in patients with diabetic renal failure; however, several large clinical trials have linked these drugs to a higher
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Experts recommend additional cholesterol-lowering medications for adults a
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): According to an international team of experts, additional cholesterol-lowering drugs should be offered to patients with "bad" cholesterol (LDL) levels (70 mg/dl or more) and those at high risk of heart disease.
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Study finds patients with metastatic prostate cancer live notably longer
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Salt Lake City (Utah) [US], May 3 (ANI): Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network have significantly extended median survival for patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. This result comes from a large randomized clinical trial aimed at testing a new treatment for the
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Study finds gut microbiota may change response to cancer treatment
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): According to Brigham and Women's Hospital, sequencing technology has recently shown that the gut microbiome may also play a role in cancer treatment along with its other benefits.
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Indus Health Plus launches MEDNAwise, a genetic solution in precision medi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): Indus Health Plus, a pioneer in the preventive healthcare sector, is expanding its genetic testing portfolio by launching MEDNAwise, a genetic solution in precision medicine.
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Foetal exposure to medicines can affect brain development of infants: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): A new study demonstrates that in utero exposure to mother's antiepileptic or antidepressant medication may affect the development of the newborn brain networks.
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Therapy can support medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): Receiving psychosocial and behavioral therapy alongside medications for opioid use disorder leads to better treatment engagement and continuity, according to Rutgers researchers.
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Researchers offer advice on prescribing cannabis medicines to patients wit
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 9 (ANI): There's considerable interest in using cannabis-based medications to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy, but clinicians have little guidance on how or when to prescribe these products.
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Tick saliva drug can ease chronic pain, itching in people: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Durham [England], March 8 (ANI): Ticks are small, brown parasites that are known for carrying disease and that can attach to a person's skin and suck their blood. A new research has found that a protein, called Votucalis, found in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases itching an
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New findings can help reduce side effects of multiple sclerosis drugs: Stu
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 5 (ANI): Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves. The treatment for it includes physiotherapy and medication that suppresses the immune system and helps with symptoms and slow disease progression. But the
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HC asks Delhi govt to file reply on plea seeking free medicines required p
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Saturday asked the national capital's government to file a response to a plea seeking directions to provide medicines required for post-renal transplant to two patients free of cost.
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New medicines for treatment of heart patients discovered by researchers
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ohio [US], February 26 (ANI): A unique class of medications that acted as blood thinners by inhibiting an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva has been discovered during recent research by the University of Cincinnati.
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