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From the State That Legalized Weed, Comes the World’s Strongest Drug Test
Mashable Christians, 51, an M.D. as well as a Ph.D. pharmacologist/toxicologist, has been doing mass spectrometry since the mid-1980s, when in his native Germany he used a version of the technique for his M.D. thesis on the metabolism of cyclosporine in liver … |
Nanotechnology News (press release) |
Nanoparticles target anti-inflammatory drugs where needed
Nanotechnology News (press release) Corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat inflammatory diseases are “blunt instruments that affect the whole body and carry some significant side effects,” says Asrar B. Malik, the Schweppe Family Distinguished Professor … |
CanIndia News |
Asthma patients may be over-medicating themselves
CanIndia News To control asthma, patients typically take drugs called inhaled corticosteroids to reduce inflammation in the lungs and long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) so as to open the airways. Doctors adjust the medication dose based on the patient’s symptoms and … Mild Asthma Patients Suggested to Lower Medication DosageScience World Report |
Times of India |
Asthma patients may be over-medicating themselves
Newstrack India To control asthma, patients typically take drugs called inhaled corticosteroids to reduce inflammation in the lungs and long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) so as to open the airways. Doctors adjust the medication dose based on the patient’s symptoms and … Mild Asthma Patients Suggested to Lower Medication DosageScience World Report |
New York Daily News |
End Zone: The beaten track as The Big A is a den in disrepair
New York Daily News An investigation ordered by Cuomo blamed the deaths on veterinarians, track officials and owners who, tempted by bigger purses generated by racino revenue, masked the horses’ injuries with corticosteroids and other drugs and allowed them to race even … |
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3 herbal supplements with anti-cancer properties
Newsday These mTOR “inhibitors” help people with pancreatic cancer and possibly induce remission, at least for awhile. This was shown in February 2011, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, entitled, “mTOR Inhibitor Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer in a Patient … |
Medscape |
EU Panel Recommends Approval for 6 COPD, Asthma Drugs
Medscape The budesonide/formoterol fixed dose combination (160/4.5 µg or 320/9 ug per dose) is recommended for patients whose condition is not adequately controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and “as needed” inhaled short-acting β2 adrenoceptor agonists, or … |
LiveScience.com |
Some Asthma Patients May Be Overmedicated, Doctors Say
LiveScience.com To control asthma, patients typically take drugs called inhaled corticosteroids, to reduce inflammation in the lungs, and long-acting beta agonists (LABAs), to open the airways. Doctors adjust the medication dose based on the patient’s symptoms and … |
Secondhand Smoke Can Hurt Kids With Asthma MoredailyRxThese cells were studied in the lab to determine the amount and activity of several proteins needed for corticosteroids to work properly. The researchers noted which children came from homes where t…
New study seeks to improve asthma therapy for African-AmericansCrossRoadsNewsThe study will examine the effectiveness of different doses of inhaled corticosteroids used with or without the addition of a long-acting beta agonist. Inhaled corticosteroids…