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Drugs targeting an enzyme involved in inflammation might offer a new avenue for treating certain lung cancers, according to a new study by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The scientists discovered that blocking the activity of the enzyme IKK2, which helps activate the...

The cost of medications through Medicare's subsidized prescription drug program varies from region to region across the United States largely due to the use of more expensive brand-name drugs and not because of the amount of drugs prescribed, according to a study led by researchers from the...

Over the last three years, gonorrhea has become increasingly harder to treat with antibiotics, making it now a reality that perhaps we may be facing a gonorrhea strain for which no current medications would be effective, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and...

I went in today to turn in my application, and the manager told me to go on their website and take the little quiz that will tell him about my drug habits or whatever online before he will call for an interview. It requires the store number and the area code, but I can't find whatever he is...

Need advice, a friend just got a call to go pick up his 16yo son at the police station it seems he and 2 friends were caught in a running parked car smoking marijuana. His son who only has his learner's permit was in the drivers seat. The police found an empty baggy with marijuana residue...

According to a study published in the online version of the journal The Oncologist, a genetic variation that increases the risk of individuals who take bisphosphonates, developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions, has been identified by researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental...

Around 7.5 million Americans, which is about 2.2% of the population, suffer from psoriaris, an autoimmune disease causing red, flaky skin. A new review in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (JAAOS) reveals that patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a type of arthritis...

The risks and benefits of Gilenya, a medication for multiple-sclerosis, is currently under review by the European Medicines Agency, after one patient in the U.S. died less than 24 hours after the first dose (the exact cause of death is still unknown), and other reports of heart problems in...

A combination of drugs that target estrogen production significantly reduced the number of tobacco carcinogen-induced lung tumors in mice, according to results from a preclinical study. "Antiestrogens have been shown to prevent breast cancer in some women," said Jill M. Siegfried, Ph.D...

With all the money going to researching a cure for cancer, you'd assume that if there already was, say, an inexpensive drug that has been proven effective with few-to-no side effects, right? Such a drug apparently exists--but because of its age and lack of patent, it may be being withheld from...

Scientists have shown that over expression of a specific human protein in the brain of a transgenic mouse leads to overeating and excessive body weight gain. Led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, the mouse study may be ideal, they say, for testing new obesity...

Brooke Mueller might want to steer clear of Aspen from here on out. Following her notorious blowout with ex-hubby Charlie Sheen on Christmas Day 2009 in the Colorado city, the mother of...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., U.S., submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the fixed-dose combination therapy...

According to the USDA, even conventional American-grown turkeys (like the kind you'll probably see on your Thanksgiving table) are held to only the highest standards of health and quality. Baby turkeys, they say, roam freely, allowed to eat pounds of feed, comprised mostly of soy, corn, and a...

Drug companies currently developing therapeutic cancer vaccines may be determining the cancers they target based on the number of annual cases, not the number of deaths they cause. This approach may limit the patient benefits of such drugs, according to a new University of Michigan report...

A survey of more than 33,000 Italian high school students reveals that both underweight and overweight teens consume 20 to 40% more illegal drugs than their normal-weight peers. Further analysis showed that the relationship between these two factors was largely mediated by psychosocial factors...

Clinician-scientists in the Princess Margaret Cancer Program have found a promising approach to treating leukemia, using an old drug in a new way. The proof-of-concept research published today in Cancer Cell (10.1016/j.ccr.2011.10.015) describes how the Canadian team discovered that the...

University of Texas researchers melted the fat off of chunky monkeys with an experimental drug, which might be a whole lot more promising than obesity drugs tested on mice, thanks to the primate's closer to resemblance to humans. The drug, called adipotide, works by targeting blood vessels that...

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced today that it will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development...

A new study finds that the smoking-cessation drug varenicline (Pfizer's Chantix) has too poor a safety profile to make it suitable for first-line use. Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and other research centers in the US, found the drug, known as Champix outside the US...