The Era of the Digital Pill Has Arrived Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli14 Nov 2017 7:29 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole...
New strategy for treating infections by drug resistant bacteria Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTIn an article published in Nature Communications, a group of scientists from Brazil and France describes a new strategy that could be useful to treat...
Chloroquine found to improve nanoparticle drug delivery to tumors Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Nov 2017 7:22 PM ISTA new study shows that a 70-year-old malaria drug can block immune cells in the liver so nanoparticles can arrive at their intended tumor site,...
WHO recommends triple drug therapy for global elimination of lymphatic filariasis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 Nov 2017 7:25 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending an alternative three drug treatment to accelerate the global elimination of lymphatic filariasis....
New technique to develop new medicines through radioactive molecules Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTRadioactivity may have a bad rap, but it plays a critical role in medical research. A revolutionary new technique to create radioactive molecules,...
First two-dose Hepatitis B vaccine approved Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli11 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTUS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a hepatitis B vaccine called Heplisav-B (Dynavax) that is the first and only two-dose vaccine for...
Acetaminophen plus Ibuprofen as effective as Low-Dose Oral Opioids in Acute Extremity Pain Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTFor adults coming to the emergency department for arm or leg pain due to sprain, strain, or fracture, there was no difference in pain reduction after...
Likely causes of blood vessel leakage in severe dengue found Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:18 PM ISTA protein secreted by cells infected with dengue virus can cause dangerous leakage of fluid from blood vessels, and new research published in PLOS...
Men more prone to diabetes: Analysis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTA retrospective data analysis done by SRL Diagnostics, the largest diagnostics chain in India, reveals that men are more prone to diabetes than women....
Risk of cardiac and stroke death increases after discontinuing hormone therapy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Nov 2017 7:25 PM ISTHormone therapy (HT) continues to be a hotly debated topic. The benefits of estrogen to the heart, however, appear to be universally accepted. A new...
Fat cells may inactivate chemotherapeutic drug and affect treatment outcome Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTAdipocytes, or fat cells, can absorb and metabolize the chemotherapeutic agent daunorubicin, reducing the effectiveness of the drug and potentially...
Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance : WHO Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTWHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.The...
