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WeightWatchers combined with weight loss medications may alter alcohol consumption, study finds
Researchers at Henry Ford Health, collaborating with WeightWatchers International, report that more than 40% of individuals using popular weight loss... Read more -
Medicated nasal spray will slash opioid-related hospital admissions
The Federal Government is funding a national Take Home Naloxone (THN) program that makes the life-saving medication available for free... Read more -
First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years
An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing... Read more -
Study finds antibiotics given for suspected pneumonia even when chest radiography results are negative
A study in The Annals of Family Medicine explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in... Read more -
Study reveals one in 20 people in Canada skip doses, don't fill prescriptions because of cost
Affordability in Canada affects not just groceries but also medications, with one in 20 people unable to take their medications... Read more -
Study of bloodstream infection reveals long courses of antibiotics in hospital may not be required
An international clinical trial of more than 3,600 patients in 74 hospitals, and involving Monash University researchers, has shown that... Read more -
Scientists can predict how long prostate cancer patients will respond to olaparib
Scientists have worked out a way of predicting how long a prostate cancer patient will continue to respond to the... Read more -
Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?
The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary... Read more -
Researchers investigate half-life of xylazine to advance care for overdose patients on the drug
A novel study published in the journal, Clinical Chemistry, has found that it takes the human body much longer than... Read more -
Promethazine for children under 6 is now banned in Australia due to hallucination fears. Here's what to use instead
Australia's drug regulator has issued a safety warning over the medicine Phenergan and related products containing the antihistamine drug promethazine.... Read more -
Weight-loss drug tirzepatide may lower heart failure deaths
A drug used to help patients lose weight and manage diabetes may also help those with heart failure, an international... Read more -
Ketamine carries risks, say researchers. Yet for some patients, it's 'the only thing that works'
Ketamine carries risks, say researchers. Yet for some patients, it's "the only thing that works." At the Ketamine Clinic for... Read more -
New modified consensus statement on low-dose oral minoxidil initiation for patients with hair loss
Hair loss significantly impacts patients' quality of life, and it may be nonscarring or scarring. Etiologically, hair loss may be... Read more -
Weight-loss drug found to shrink heart muscle in mice and human cells
Trendy weight-loss drugs making headlines for shrinking waistlines may also be shrinking the human heart and other muscles, according to... Read more -
Toward the international unification of drug-drug interaction information
Drug-drug interaction (DDI) is a phenomenon in which the efficacy of a drug is weakened or enhanced when multiple drugs... Read more
