News tagged with antimalarial drug
Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated ...
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Tracing resistance to the antimalarial drug sulfadoxine across Africa
Apr 14, 2009 |
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In research published in PLoS Medicine, Cally Roper of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and colleagues use genetic analyses to trace the emergence and dispersal of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Af ...
Antimalarial drug prevents diabetes in arthritis patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 28, 2008 |
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The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new Geisinger research shows.
Continued vigilance against drug-resistance malaria is needed
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Current combination malaria therapies recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) provide adequate treatment for mild malaria, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review of the evidence. However, selected trials had ...
How to treat fevers in African children up for debate
Jan 06, 2009 |
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A new debate in the open access journal PLoS Medicine questions whether all African children with fever should be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs, or if treatment should wait until laboratory tests confirm malari ...
New papers offer insights into process of malarial drug resistance
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Nov 26, 2008 |
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Malaria, one of the oldest diseases known to man, has shown no signs of slowing down as it ages. More than 1 million children die from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa each year, and in areas along the Thailand/Cambodian border ...
Rectal artemisinins rapidly eliminate malarial parasites
Mar 28, 2008 |
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Artemisinin-based suppositories can help ‘buy time’ for malaria patients who face a delay in accessing effective, injectable antimalarials, according to research published in the online open access journal BMC Infectious Di ...
For treating malaria, less drugs may be best drugs
Nov 26, 2007 |
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The current dosage of drugs used in treating malaria may be helping the parasites become resistant to the drugs faster, without improving the long-term outcome in patients. According to evolutionary biologists, studies using ...
Best way to treat malaria: Avoid using same drug for everyone, scientists say
Sep 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists employing a sophisticated computer model pioneered at Princeton University and Resources for the Future has found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of malaria ...
New tool promises more accurate antimalarial drug dosing
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Scientists at LSTM have developed a tool to support the development of appropriate age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs. Weight-based dosing is challenging in many malaria endemic countries because access to formal ...
Studies identify more effective treatment for malaria control during pregnancy in Africa
Jun 20, 2007 |
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A review of previous studies indicates that two doses of a malaria preventive therapy during pregnancy provides substantial benefit to HIV-negative women in Africa, with more frequent dosing apparently necessary for HIV-positive ...
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