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Transplant rejection drug holds promise for inflammatory eye disease
The immunosuppressive drug mycophenolate mofetil, used to prevent rejection of transplanted hearts, kidneys and livers, may also be effective in controlling inflammatory eye diseases. view more (2005-09-02)
Drug abuse accounts for a third of the deaths behind Scotland's higher mortality rate
Drug abuse accounts for a third of the deaths behind Scotland's higher mortality rate, according to a study published on bmj.com today. view more (2008-07-23)
e-Science methods reveal new insights into antibiotic resistance
Large-scale computer simulations have pinpointed a tiny change in molecular structure that could account for drug resistance in Streptomices pneumoniae, the organism that causes childhood pneumonia and claims 3.5 million lives a year, mainly in developing countries. view more (2005-08-16)
Plays promote prevention of drug abuse
A new study finds that theatrical drama is an educational tool in the fight against drug addiction and abuse. Research published today in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, shows that after watching the play Tunnels - a series of six vignettes depicting the effects of alcohol and drug abuse - over half of the audience left the... view more... (2007-04-05)
Better patient outcomes with drug eluting stents
Patients receiving drug eluting stents (DES) - stents coated with medication to prevent narrowing of the artery - as part of an angioplasty had better outcomes one year later than patients with bare metal stents, according to a new study to be published in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/080050.pdf. view more (2008-12-18)
Study of the drug, Isradipine, to determine if it slows or prevents Parkinson's disease
Gloria E. Meredith, Ph.D., collaborated with D. James Surmeier, Ph.D. and other scientists at Northwestern University to study the drug, Isradipine, and its possible effects on Parkinson's disease. view more (2007-06-14)
Boehringer Ingelheim enters into multi-target drug discovery collaboration with Morphochem.
Morphochem AG, a leader in the evolutionary discovery of small molecule drugs announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, a leading pharmaceutical company with a focus on human pharmaceuticals and animal health. Morphochem will apply its drug discovery engine MOREsystem™ to the discovery and... view more... (2004-02-04)
Study links effects of withdrawal to compulsive drug use and craving
The study, led by Paul Kenny, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Scripps Research's campus in Jupiter, Florida, and Scott Chen, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health Animal Center, appears in the Wednesday, May 31 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. view more (2006-06-02)
Researchers discover how antibiotic inhibits bacterial growth
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with research teams from Pharmacia & Upjohn and Pfizer, have discovered precisely how the antibiotic linezolid inhibits bacterial growth. view more (2007-05-11)
Should doctors be 'selling' drugs for the pharmaceutical industry?
Are senior doctors who help drug companies sell their drugs independent experts or just drug representatives in disguise, asks Ray Moynihan from the University of Newcastle in Australia, in this week's BMJ. view more (2008-06-20)
LONG-LASTING RESULTS CAN BE OBTAINED WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY IN SOCIAL PHOBIA.
Social phobia is a chronic and disabling illness, with little spontaneous improvement. A report by a team of researchers of the Affective Disorders of the University of Bologna, headed by Professor Giovanni Fava, however, sheds a new light on the prognosis of the disorder. In the longest follow-up study published in the literature (2-12 years),... view more... (2001-09-21)
LONG-LASTING RESULTS CAN BE OBTAINED WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY IN PANIC DISORDER
Panic disorder with agoraphobia is a chronic and disabling illness, with little spontaneous improvement. A report by a team of researchers of the Affective Disorders of the University of Bologna, headed by Professor Giovanni Fava, however, sheds a new light on the prognosis of the disorder. In the longest follow-up study published in the... view more... (2001-09-21)
New research shows heroin use falling across Scotland
A new report by the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow reveals that the number of people misusing heroin in Scotland has dropped. The research shows a near eight per cent drop in the number of problem drug users since 2000. view more (2005-01-19)
Impact of narcotics is greater on mentally ill
Narcotics have an irreversible effect on the brains of people already suffering from mental illness. view more (2009-02-06)
The ecstasy and the agony!
New work identifying the attitudes and behaviour of ecstasy users, and possible dangers of ecstasy use, is presented today, Tuesday 19 December, at The British Psychological Society's London Conference, held at the Institute of Education. Dr Phillip Murphy from Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Lancashire presents evidence that ecstasy users... view more... (2000-12-05)
Positive outcome of Medicare drug benefit
An editorial by Richard Platt, professor and chair of the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, says that an unintended effect of the Medicare Drug Benefit could be the creation of the world's most valuable resource for understanding how drugs are used, as well as their risks and benefits, especially among the elderly and chronically ill view more (2005-12-30)
Plants can be used to study how and why people respond differently to drugs
While prescription medications work successfully to cure an ailment in some people, in others the same dose of the same drug can cause an adverse reaction or no response at all. view more (2007-09-27)
Availability of co-proxamol should be restricted
The painkiller co-proxamol is the second most common prescribed drug that people use to commit suicide in England and Wales, and its availability should be restricted, say researchers in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-05-07)
Innocuous intestinal bacteria may be reservoir for resistance
"Harmless" bacteria in the digestive tracts of dairy cows, may not be so harmless after all. They may be a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes that can be transferred to more harmful, disease-causing bacteria. view more (2006-05-25)
Criminalising medical mistakes is questionable
Using the criminal justice system to punish doctors who make mistakes is questionable, according to a barrister in this week's BMJ. Citing the case of Feda Mulhem, who was sentenced to eight months in prison after supervising the mistaken injection of a drug into the spine of a teenager with cancer, Jon Holbrook argues that he was not seeking to... view more... (2003-11-11)
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