News tagged with sodium channel blockers
Severe Epilepsy Linked to Gene Mutation
University of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome in some of the most vulnerable patients - infants ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Angina: New drug gets right to the heart of the problem
A compound designed to prevent chest pains in heart patients has shown promising results in animal studies, say scientists. In the second issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology to be published by Wiley-Blackwell, resear ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 07, 2009 |
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New long-acting local anesthetic derived from algae effectively blocks pain in surgical patients
A U.S.-Chile collaboration is bringing surgical patients closer to having a long-acting local anesthetic. In a randomized, double-blind trial, patients given neosaxitoxin, a new local anesthetic derived from algae, had significantly ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Expensive new blood pressure meds no better than generics
Expensive brand-name medications to lower blood pressure are no better at preventing cardiovascular disease than older, generic diuretics, according to new long-term data from a landmark study.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 12, 2010 |
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Team finds promising new drug target for Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a potential drug target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a receptor that is embedded in the membrane of neurons and other cells.
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Apr 20, 2010 |
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New study has implications for understanding ion channel defects
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health team has made a discovery important to the millions of people who are on common medications for heart and neurological diseases.
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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New research confirms milestone study on blood pressure meds
New research supports the findings of a landmark drug comparison study published in 2002 in which a diuretic drug or "water pill" outperformed other medications for high blood pressure. A scientific team including investigators ...
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May 13, 2009 |
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Asthma and smoker's lung: dry airways play a key role
Dry airways may not only play a central role in the development of the inherited lung disease cystic fibrosis, but also in much more common acquired chronic lung diseases such as asthma and smoker’s lung, the cigarette smoke-induced ...
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Apr 07, 2008 |
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New guidelines issued for treating resistant hypertension
For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines to help patients and healthcare providers tackle resistant high blood pressure that seems to defy treatment.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Tarantula venom and chili peppers target same pain sensor
Venom from a West Indian tarantula has been shown to cause pain by exciting the same nerve cells in mice that sense high temperatures and the hot, spicy ingredient in chili peppers, UCSF scientists have discovered.
Nov 08, 2006 |
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