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
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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.,
Drug cuts the risk of COVID-19 patients needing a ventilator by 54%
Experimental drug cuts the risk of hospitalized COVID-19 patients needing a ventilator by 54%, trial data show Lenzilumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets a protein known as granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) GM-CSF is
New class of drug leads to 30 percent reduced risk of death for bladder cancer patients
A new type of drug that helps target chemotherapy directly to cancer cells has been found to significantly increase survival of patients with the most common form of bladder cancer, according to results from a
COVID patients treated with hepatitis drug cleared infection quickly
Coronavirus patients treated with a experimental hepatitis drug were FOUR times more likely to have cleared the infection within seven days, study finds Peginterferon-lambda is a man-made form of a naturally occurring protein that calls
Congress passes immunosuppressive drug coverage expansion for kidney transplant patients
The US Senate passed the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act as part of a broad year-end legislative package, extending Medicare coverage of life saving immunosuppressive medications for the life of the
U.S. drug overdose deaths reach record highs
The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths reached a record high as the coronavirus pandemic held the country in its grip last spring, new government data shows. For the 12 months ending in May, more