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Antidepressants and pregnancy: Women must consider the impact of drugs on baby, and of depression on baby, themselves

Upon learning they are pregnant, most women dutifully nix the alcohol, sushi and caffeine. But what about antidepressants?

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women taking indigestion drugs at increased risk of hip fracture after menopause

Post-menopausal women are 35% more likely to suffer hip fracture if they take indigestion drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a figure which increases to 50% if they are also current or former smokers, suggests ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jak of all trades? Not of leukaemia therapy

About one in five or six cases of adult leukaemia in Western populations relates to so-called chronic myeloid leukaemia, or CML. Treatment of CML usually relies on inhibitors of the abnormal protein that causes the condition ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Collaborative research sheds light on new cancer stem cell therapies

A collaborative anti-cancer research jointly conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School and Nevada Cancer Institute has led to the development of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Acid reflux drug does not improve asthma in children

Children without symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux whose asthma was being poorly controlled with anti-inflammatory treatment did not have an improvement in symptoms or lung function with the added treatment of the proton ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A single therapy slows multiple cancers

Targeting a single protein can help fight both breast cancers and leukemias, according to two reports published online on January 23 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Comparison of effects of red wine versus white wine on hormones related to breast cancer risk

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) prevent the conversion of androgens to estrogens, and could play a role in the development of breast cancer. This study of 36 pre-menopausal women consisted of a cross-over intervention trial to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nursing home residents with dementia: Antidepressants are associated with increased risk of falling

Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are three times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don't use these drugs. The association ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The link between TB and a gene mutation that causes lung cancer

Tuberculosis (TB) has been suspected to increase a person's risk of lung cancer because the pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis can induce genetic damage. However, direct evidence of specific genetic changes and the disease ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is it the alcohol or polyphenols in red wine that decreases cardiovascular disease?

Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

First detailed data of risk of using Rasilez with certain blood pressure-lowering drugs

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have published the first detailed figures showing the risk of using the prescription drug Rasilez in combination with certain other blood pressure-lowering medications.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sorafenib effective in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, but low survival rates reported

Sorafenib was effective in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and a KRAS mutation, but survival rates were reportedly "unsatisfactory," according to data presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen-targeting drug combo may help prevent lung cancer

A combination of drugs that target estrogen production significantly reduced the number of tobacco carcinogen-induced lung tumors in mice, according to results from a preclinical study.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moderate red wine drinking may help cut women's breast cancer risk, study shows

Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study shows potential of anti-growth factor drugs for reducing complication of advanced ovarian cancer

Blocking the action of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) with the new anti-VEGF drug aflibercept can curb the development of malignant ascites (excessive fluid in the abdomen), a common and painful complication of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhibitor

Something that restrains, blocks, or suppresses.

Inhibitor or inhibition may refer to:

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