Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to provide pain relief, offering greater hope that new classes of these drugs may eventually be used […]
Popular new anti-obesity medications can help people lose 10% to 20% of their body weight, yet a new study indicates that about 40% of those prescriptions go unfilled. Affordability, say researchers, is likely a factor.This […]
A higher dose of the antibiotic rifampicin does not improve survival rates for patients with tuberculous meningitis. This severe form of tuberculosis causes inflammation of the brain membranes, and half of the patients die. These […]
Researchers have developed a new antimalarial drug candidate designed to address the growing challenge of drug resistance and potentially reduce malaria transmission.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel) as the first cell-based gene therapy for the treatment of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS).This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
There is little awareness, particularly among clinicians, of the medical and psychological complexities of “topical steroid withdrawal”—the body’s adverse response to the prolonged use of these powerful creams to treat inflammatory skin conditions when they […]
Even when Americans have health insurance, they can have a hard time affording the drugs they’ve been prescribed.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
A systematic review and meta-analysis has found that bisphosphonates—medicines commonly used to treat osteoporosis—may offer short-term pain relief for people with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), but the benefits are uncertain beyond the short term […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved two new oral medicines to treat the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
University of Mississippi researchers have designed a 3D-printed capsule that can release medication at exactly the moment a patient needs it, improving care for those who suffer from chronic illnesses.This article was originally published on […]
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