A vaccine is being developed to treat cocaine addiction, in a unique way. Action of cocaine on the brain, the way the vaccine is going to act, and more has been discussed here.
Tablets of the drug etravirine were approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of HIV infection in adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY science is all the rage these days. Even so, the synergies between archaeology and pharmacology are not, at first sight, obvious. But there is a connection.
We heard about cold ice. Then we heard about hot ice, in some very faraway planet. And now warm ice.. Well, this warm ice may prevent the coagulation process and may enable us to achieve better prosthesis 'tolerance'.
One of the study leaders, Professor Stephen MacMahon from The George Institute for International Health in Australia, said, "these results represent an important step forward in health care for the millions of people with diabetes worldwide.
A leading epidemiologist has attacked Swedish research that looked at inequalities in patients' access to cancer drugs across Europe and the world.
Scientists at Keele University in Staffordshire have questioned the safety of aluminium added to sunscreens and sunblocks.
An increasing body of evidence indicates that we should reduce the amount of salt in our diet.
Depression causes visible, irreversible damage to the brain cells. It eats at the blood vessels and attacks the heart. It causes bone loss. It's cyclical, and if left untreated, it gets much worse over time. Depression costs more days off work than backache.
A small, widely available molecule, used for decades to combat metabolic diseases in children, may soon be available as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer, University of Alberta researchers are reporting. In results that "astounded" scientists, an inexpensive molecu …
Today the new over-the-counter version of the morning after pill has hit pharmacies shelves nationwide.
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It's because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.
Therapy failure highlights difficulties of tricking the body into shedding pounds. Efforts to hold back the world's expanding waistline have been dealt another blow this week, as scientists announce disappointing results from a clinical trial of their latest obesity drug.
When virologist Hilary Koprowski, M.D., reported last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences how he and colleagues used tobacco plants to produce cancer-fighting monoclonal antibodies that recognize and hunt down breast and colorectal cancer cells, the work …