News tagged with injectable drug

University of Minnesota and start-up to develop antidote to cyanide poisoning

Cyanide poisoning is often fatal and typically affects victims of industrial accidents, terrorist attacks, or structural fires. Based on research conducted at the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, startup ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than other drugs, injected meth is associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide

The dire physical and mental health effects of injecting methamphetamine are well known, but there's been little research about suicidal behavior and injecting meth. In a recent study, researchers at Columbia University's ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Silk microneedles deliver controlled-release drugs painlessly

Bioengineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a new silk-based microneedle system able to deliver precise amounts of drugs over time and without need for refrigeration. The tiny needles can be fabricated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Heart experts share some surprising findings

A shot that could lower cholesterol, a connection between blood type and stroke, and how income affects heart health were among more than 4,000 papers presented this week at the American Heart Association's 84th annual scientific ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Birth cohort screening for hepatitis C is cost effective, could save thousands of lives each year

According to a new study being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, birth cohort screening for hepatitis C is cost effective in the primary care s ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ophthalmic antibiotics associated with antimicrobial resistance after intraocular injection therapy

Repeated exposure of the eye to ophthalmic antibiotics appears to be associated with the emergence of resistant strains of microbes among patients undergoing intraocular injection therapy for neovascular retinal disease, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drexel study: Misuse of pain medication is pathway to high-risk behaviors

A new study by researchers at Drexel University's School of Public Health suggests that abuse of prescription painkillers may be an important gateway to the use of injected drugs such as heroin, among people with a history ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tackling tumors with iron oxide

(PhysOrg.com) -- Detecting cancer cells and destroying them, injecting drugs with extreme precision into diseased cells in the human body – these are just two examples of what EPFL scientists are attempting ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IAS urges Russian government to radically reassess counterproductive drug policies

28 June 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. As Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian state Duma, calls for a "total war on drugs" to tackle Russia's growing drug problem, the International AIDS Society (IAS) urges the Russian government ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA panel unanimously backs Regeneron eye drug

(AP) -- A panel of federal health experts voted unanimously in favor of a new eye drug from Regeneron, bringing the company one step closer to competing against a blockbuster Roche drug that currently dominates the market.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High rates of injection drug use in urban Aboriginal youth signal need for prevention programs

A new study indicates high rates of injection drug use in urban Canadian Aboriginal youth, particularly in women, and points to the need for culturally specific prevention programs, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIH grant for the move toward clinical trials targeting the lysosomal storage disease MPSIIIB

Investigators at Nationwide Children's have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help move a therapy for MPS IIIB that has been shown effective in mice toward clinical trials in humans.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overdose deaths down 35 percent after opening of Vancouver's supervised injection site: study

Illicit drug overdose deaths in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside dropped by 35 per cent after the establishment of Insite, North America's first supervised injection facility, according a new study by researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study examines recurrent wound botulism in injection drug users

Botulism is a rare disease and recurrent botulism even more rare. However, in California, recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users has been on the rise and makes up three-quarters of reported cases in the United ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German firm tests 'double chin' drug

German drugs giant Bayer said Monday it had launched tests into an injectable drug to combat the fat deposits that lead to the dreaded "double chin."

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1