News tagged with gastrointestinal side effects
Potential lung disease biomarkers yield clues to COX-2 inhibitor side effects
In searching for a simple way to identify individuals with smoking-related lung injury, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have stumbled upon a potential explanation for why the class of pain-relievers known as COX-2 ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Acute gastric injury due to high-dose analgesics?
Analgesics, NSAIDs and acetaminophen, are commonly used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. The gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs are well documented and acetaminophen is accepted to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 29, 2008 |
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New insights into when beach sand may become unsafe for digging and other contact
On warm days, the beach seems an ideal destination for family rest and relaxation. Who hasn't built a sand castle or been buried up to the neck in sand? However, that family fun has a dark side -- sand can ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Power without the cord
Cell phones and flashlights operate by battery without trouble. Yet because of the limited lifespan, battery power is not a feasible option for many applications in the fi elds of medicine or test engineering, ...
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Analyzing food quality with an artificial intestine: the NutriChip
EPFL researchers have developed a miniature on-chip gastrointestinal tract in order to observe the effects of various nutrients on health. The “NutriChip” project’s in vitro tests have already ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Researchers modify harmless bacteria to kill harmful bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Singapore have modified the DNA of one type of bacterium, Escherichia coli, to first sense the presence of another bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and then to explode, releasing a special kin ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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High doses of Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned, Public Citizen says
High doses of the Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned because they are no more effective than low doses and have a sharply increased risk of adverse effects, the advocacy group Public Citizen and a Johns Hopkins University ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 19, 2011 |
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Pfizer says patient died in oral RA drug study
(AP) -- Pfizer Inc. confirmed that one patient who was taking its drug candidate tofacitinib, a pill designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, died during a recent clinical trial and said the death was connected to the drug.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Fox Chase researchers report that naproxen reduces tumors in a mouse model of colon cancer
Numerous studies show that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduce the risk of colon cancer. However, animal studies testing the NSAID naproxen or its derivative, NO-naproxen, have focused primarily on chemically-induced ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Combining MEK and PI3K inhibitors appears encouraging in a safety study with early signs of anti-tumor activity
The combination of two compounds that inhibit two of the most frequently mutated cancer pathways is showing promise in an ongoing Phase I trial, according to data presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here ...
Apr 02, 2011 |
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Amid Japan crisis, hunt for better radiation care
(AP) -- Japan's nuclear emergency highlights a big medical gap: Few treatments exist to help people exposed to large amounts of radiation.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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FDA approves new drug for advanced melanoma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of ipilimumab for the treatment of previously treated metastatic melanoma. It is the first drug approved for metastatic, or advanced, melanoma is more than a decade.
Mar 25, 2011 |
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