A mainstay diabetes medication reduced pain and stiffness and improved function in overweight people with knee osteoarthritis, a new study has found. Effective pain reduction and improved mobility may mean that people with the condition can delay invasive knee replacement surgery.Continue ReadingCategory: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Osteoarthritis, Knee, Chronic p
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Common diabetes drug significantly improves osteoarthritic knee pain
Posted by ArielTechGeek 13 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
Smarter drug delivery system stores doses under your skin as crystals
Posted by ArielTechGeek 35 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
For many people, injection needles can be scary – and the larger ones for specialized longer-term medications are far more intimidating.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: MIT, Drug delivery, Stanford University
Alzheimer’s prevention hope as drug cuts deadly disease onset in half
Posted by ArielTechGeek 38 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A long-term human trial has found that a discontinued drug halved the presentation of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in people with a genetic predisposition to the devastating condition. Right now, symptoms are almost 100% likely to develop in patients between the ages of 30 and 65.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Washington University
Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement
Posted by ArielTechGeek 40 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
There's newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe is the very first drug that can comprehensively deliver rehabilitation without the need for challenging long-term physical therapy.Continue ReadingCategory: Stroke, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: UCLA, Stroke, Brain, Neuroscience, neurons, Rehabilitation, Drug development, Brain activity
Cancer drug realized after researcher's chance exposure to malaria drug
Posted by ArielTechGeek 51 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
When experienced researcher Renato Aguilera happened across the chemical structure of a tried-and-true antimalarial drug one day, he thought it might effectively fight cancer. He was right, and he has the research, the patent, and the pharma company to prove it.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cancer, Treatment, clinical trials, University of Texas
Existing cardiac drug helps keep cancer from spreading
Posted by ArielTechGeek 79 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
One of cancer’s deadliest tricks is its ability to spread to other organs. An existing cardiac drug has now been found to reduce the risk of metastasis by dissolving circulating clusters of breast cancer cells in patients.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cancer, Breast cancer, Metastasis, ETH Zurich, Drug, Drugs, clinical trials, Cells
"Kick and kill": HIV cure could be hiding in FDA-approved drug
Posted by ArielTechGeek 88 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, but a full cure remains elusive. Now, scientists have found promise in permanently eliminating the virus, thanks to a drug already approved by the FDA to fight cancer.Continue ReadingCategory: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: HIV, HIV and AIDS, Virus, Infections, Stanford University, Drug, Drugs, Cancer
ADHD drug a promising treatment for methamphetamine dependence
Posted by ArielTechGeek 123 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
New research has found that an existing ADHD medication greatly reduced the number of days people with a methamphetamine dependence used the drug. With no current drug treatment to assist people in getting off meth, the study’s findings are promising.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Substance use disorder, Methamphetamine, Drug dependence, ADHD
"100% successful" cancer drug gets landmark FDA approval
Posted by ArielTechGeek 129 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Hugely promising cancer drug dostarlimab is one step closer to being widely available, after the Food and Drug Administration granted it Breakthrough Therapy Designation status that, if successful, will expedite its path to market.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Tumor, Immunotherapy, Treatment, clinical trials
'Breakthrough' dementia drug looks to stop disease in its tracks
Posted by ArielTechGeek 145 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Filamon Limited, an Australian biotech company focused on developing next-gen anti-inflammatory drugs, has announced its breakthrough dementia treatment. ALPHA-003 is designed to preserve the integrity of vital brain cell structures and protect them against destruction caused by brain inflammation.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Dement
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