News tagged with cyclooxygenase
Researchers detail how aging undermines bone healing
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The research team also succes ...
Organometallic compounds as new drugs? Cobalt-containing aspirin complex with potential anti-tumor properties
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometallic ...
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NSAIDs: Take 'em early and often when competing? Think again
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Athletes' superstitions and rituals can help them get psyched up for contests, but when these rituals involve non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which many athletes gobble down before and during events, they ...
Validity of cost-effectiveness models based on randomized clinical trials
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Cost-effectiveness studies are widely used to guide prescribing policy in many countries, as part of health technology assessment programmes. However, a new study published this week in PLoS Medicine by Tjeerd-Pieter van St ...
Acetaminophen may be linked to asthma in children and adults
Nov 05, 2009 |
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New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug.
Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power of Flu Shots
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt ...
Aspirin shows promise for colon cancer patients
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Men and women who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and began regular use of aspirin had a lower risk of overall and colorectal cancer death compared to patients not using aspirin, according to a study in the August 12 ...
Is there any association between COX2 and colon cancer?
May 22, 2009 |
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which are known to reduce the risk of colon cancer, act directly on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) and reduce its activity. Population studies have found an association of inherited ...
Potential lung disease biomarkers yield clues to COX-2 inhibitor side effects
Apr 30, 2009 |
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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 ...
New Target for Maintaining Healthy Blood Pressure Discovered
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand the role of prostaglandins - a family of fatty compounds key to the cardiovascular system - in blood pressure maintenance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Licorice compound offers new cancer prevention strategy
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A chemical component of licorice may offer a new approach to preventing colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other preventive therapies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report.
Proteins from garden pea may help fight high blood pressure, kidney disease
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Researchers in Canada are reporting that proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a natural food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease ...
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