An early phase trial of a drug currently used to treat lung fibrosis has shown it may also help patients who suffer from a common form of heart failure. Trialed by University of Manchester and
Lung drug hope for heart failure patients
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Common cholesterol drug may reduce COVID-19 severity, study finds
Steve Doocy: Get the COVID-19 vaccine if you have chance, it will ‘save your life’ ‘Fox & Friends’ co-anchor Steve Doocy stresses the importance of Americans vaccinating themselves Coronavirus patients taking statins prior to hospitalization
Scientists find liver drug candidates among pesticides
Skoltech biologists and their colleagues from Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russia, and the Chemistry Department of Taras Shevchenko University in Ukraine have discovered fairly unlikely drug candidates for treating liver fibrosis and other pathologies—among
FDA authorizes Roche drug for severely ill COVID-19 patients
COVID vaccines and heart inflammation in young adults a ‘likely’ link: CDC panel Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat argues the condition is extremely rare and says vaccine benefits outweigh any potential side effects.
Drug reduces deaths for subset of COVID-19 patients in trial
Preliminary RECOVERY trial results find a monoclonal antibody (MAB) drug by Regeneron reduces the risk of death in a subset of patients with severe COVID-19. The RECOVERY trial has demonstrated that in patients who have
Model to predict drug overdose deaths in US
For two decades, the number of Americans who die each year from drug overdoses has steadily risen, from less than 20,000 in 1999 to more than 80,000 in 2020. By studying patterns of these drug-related
Novel drug regenerates erectile nerves damaged by prostate surgery
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a topical drug that regenerates and restores the function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy, the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer. The drug
Asthma drug shortens recovery time in COVID-19 patients at home
Early treatment with an asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 who are treated at home or in other community settings. The Platform Randomized Trial of Interventions against COVID-19 in
Doctors eye new drug that could end the monthly agony for women
Doctors eye new drug that could end the monthly agony for women with endometriosis… without the side-effects For tens of thousands of women, a diagnosis of endometriosis means a life of debilitating pain. Despite it
For 80% of Americans with resolved drug problem, significant personal achievements
Addiction is associated with social exclusion, loss of access to resources, and general disengagement from civic life. Now, a study recently published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors and led by David Eddie, Ph.D.,