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Researchers find drug effective to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to research, patients taking efgartigimod, a medication being tested for use in the treatment of chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), showed a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts, which are necessary for clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those t
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Researchers find effective drug to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients taking efgartigimod, a drug being studied for use to treat chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), exhibited a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts which are essential to clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those taking a placebo, according to results
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Anifrolumab has shown long-term efficiency in lupus patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Type I interferon (IFN) is a strong immune activator found in high concentrations in the majority of patients with lupus, an autoimmune disease. In Arthritis & Rheumatology, researchers report positive results from the first placebo-controlled long-term trial of anifrolumab, a human mon
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Direct Biologics reveals successful outcomes from EXIT COVID-19 Phase II C
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Austin [Texas], April 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): Direct Biologics, a regenerative biotechnology company with a lifesaving mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) derived extracellular vesicle (EV) platform technology, announces topline results from its first-in-human, multicenter, Phase II double-blind, placeb
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Study finds ketamine is short-term effective treatment for some suicidal p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A new research has found that ketamine is a fast-acting, efficient treatment for patients hospitalised for severe suicidal thoughts.
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Researchers find placebo effect accounts for more than two-thirds of COVID
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 19 (ANI): The placebo effect is the well-known phenomenon of a person's physical or mental health improving after taking a treatment with no pharmacological therapeutic benefit - a sugar pill, or a syringe full of saline, for example. Sometimes placebo ef
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Common antidepressant should no longer be used to treat people with dement
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], October 22 (ANI): A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study.
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Need for opioids in palliative cancer can be reduced by Vitamin D suppleme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): A randomized and placebo-controlled study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet showed that patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment.
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Effect of common COVID-19 antibiotic found similar to that of placebo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 17 (ANI): The findings of a new study from UC San Francisco suggests that among non-hospitalized patients the antibiotic azithromycin was no more effective than a placebo in preventing symptoms of COVID-19. Despite widespread prescription of the antibiotic for the disea
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Studies find 'insufficient evidence' to support herbal, dietary supplement
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 9 (ANI): The first global review of complementary medicines (herbal and dietary supplements) for weight loss in 16 years -- combining 121 randomised placebo-controlled trials including nearly 10,000 adults -- suggests that their use cannot be justified on the basis of curren
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Yuvraj Kumar aims to radicalize sensitive issues via his films
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI/ThePRTree): 'Placebo', a documentary shot by the investigative filmmaker, Yuvraj Kumar, won the National Award presented by the President of India. It also premiered in IDFA in Amsterdam, a respectable film festival in the Netherlands.
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Study shows pain relieving effects of Cannabidiol
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 25 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at Syracuse University sheds light on the ability of CBD to reduce pain along with the impact that the so-called placebo effect may have on pain outcomes.
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