Tag Archives: Drug
Antidepressant heart risk confirmed
30 January 2013 Last updated at 02:51 ET Some but not all antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk, say researchers. Citalopram and escitalopram, which fall into this drug group, can trigger a heart rhythm disturbance, a new study in the British Medical Journal shows. UK and US regulators have already warned doctors to be extra careful about which patients they prescribe these medicines to
Antidepressant heart risk confirmed
30 January 2013 Last updated at 02:51 ET Some but not all antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk, say researchers. Citalopram and escitalopram, which fall into this drug group, can trigger a heart rhythm disturbance, a new study in the British Medical Journal shows. UK and US regulators have already warned doctors to be extra careful about which patients they prescribe these medicines to
Stem Cell Therapy to Repair Damaged Knee Cartilage
Jan. 24, 2013 Rush University Medical Center is conducting the nation’s first clinical study of an innovative stem cell drug, Cartistem, to repair knee cartilage damaged by aging, trauma or degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis
Researchers find model system to study promising cancer drug
Dec. 18, 2012 Researchers have found that the budding yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) is an acceptable model system to study KP1019, an anti-cancer drug that uses ruthenium, a rare metal, a new study found. Researchers had previously been interested in studying KP1019 because it is believed to cause cancer cell death and is not known to have negative secondary side effects for healthy tissues
Targeted molecular therapy for untreatable neurofibroma tumors
Dec. 10, 2012 Researchers conducting a preclinical study in mice successfully used targeted molecular therapy to block mostly untreatable nerve tumors that develop in people with the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1).
Most popular weight-loss drug strongly alters other drug therapies, study suggests
Dec. 10, 2012 A University of Rhode Island researcher has discovered that the weight-loss drug orlistat, known by the brand names Xenical and Alli, inhibits a key enzyme that may lead to “severe toxicity of internal organs such as the liver and kidney.” The inhibition is irreversible and can be caused by a low level of the drug. Professor Bingfang Yan’s study funded by the National Institutes of Health, also found that the drug alters efficacy of medicines, and particularly limits the effectiveness of some anti-cancer drugs.
New drug overcomes resistance in patients with rare sarcoma, study suggests
ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2012) A new targeted drug demonstrated its ability to control metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor, an uncommon and life-threatening form of sarcoma, after the disease had become resistant to all existing therapies, report investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute who led the worldwide clinical trial.
Cancer therapy: Nanokey opens tumors to attack
ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2012) There are plenty of effective anticancer agents around. The problem is that, very often, they cannot gain access to all the cells in solid tumors.
Recreational cocaine use linked to conditions that cause heart attack
ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2012) People who regularly use cocaine socially have stiffer arteries , higher blood pressure and thicker heart wall muscle than non-users, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2012. Australian researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure the effects of cocaine in 20 otherwise healthy adults who chronically used the illegal substance.
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