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Tag: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)

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U.N. Issues Urgent Warning on the Growing Peril of Drug-Resistant Infections

April 29, 2019April 30, 2019ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on U.N. Issues Urgent Warning on the Growing Peril of Drug-Resistant Infections

A new report says the overuse of antimicrobial drugs in humans, animals and plants is fueling resistant pathogens that could kill 10 million people annually by 2050.

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deadly germs, Lost cures: In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections

April 7, 2019April 8, 2019ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTELComments Off on deadly germs, Lost cures: In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections

Overuse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.

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Global Health: Bit by Bit, Scientists Gain Ground on AIDS

March 8, 2019March 9, 2019DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Comments Off on Global Health: Bit by Bit, Scientists Gain Ground on AIDS

The “London patient,” apparently cured of H.I.V. infection, has gotten all the attention. But other recently revealed advances are more likely to affect the immediate course of the AIDS epidemic.

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How to Quit Antidepressants: Very Slowly, Doctors Say

March 5, 2019March 6, 2019BENEDICT CAREYComments Off on How to Quit Antidepressants: Very Slowly, Doctors Say

Mustering solid evidence, two researchers have denounced the standard psychiatric guidelines for how best to wean patients from depression medications.

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As Venezuela’s Politicians Fight Over Aid, Patients Die Without It

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019ANATOLY KURMANAEV and ISAYEN HERRERAComments Off on As Venezuela’s Politicians Fight Over Aid, Patients Die Without It

The opposition has vowed to deliver food and medication, but the president has refused to allow it. Patients whose lives depend on aid fear the political standoff is obscuring their desperate crisis.

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China Investigates Reports of H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Plasma Treatment

February 6, 2019AMY QINComments Off on China Investigates Reports of H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Plasma Treatment

Authorities in China have ordered an emergency recall of more than 12,000 units of a blood plasma product, potentially the latest scandal to undermine public trust in the nation’s health care system.

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Global Health: A Silver Bullet Against the Brain-Eating Amoeba?

January 14, 2019EMILY BAUMGAERTNERComments Off on Global Health: A Silver Bullet Against the Brain-Eating Amoeba?

Minuscule particles coated with anti-seizure drugs seem to halt microbes that feed on brain tissue.

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Global Health: In Remote Villages, Surprising New Measures Save Children With Malaria

December 10, 2018DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Comments Off on Global Health: In Remote Villages, Surprising New Measures Save Children With Malaria

Malaria quickly kills toddlers. But rapid diagnostic tests, a new suppository drug and bicycle ambulances can buy enough time to get stricken children to hospitals.

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11 things we’d Really like to know: Will We Ever Cure Alzheimer’s?

November 19, 2018PAM BELLUCKComments Off on 11 things we’d Really like to know: Will We Ever Cure Alzheimer’s?

Few drugs have been approved for treatment of this dementia, and none works very well. It has become one of the most intractable problems in medicine.

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Global Health: Rapid Cure Approved for Sleeping Sickness, a Horrific Illness

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Comments Off on Global Health: Rapid Cure Approved for Sleeping Sickness, a Horrific Illness

Parasites transmitted by tsetse flies travel to the brain, causing paranoia, fury and death. Until now, killing them required hospitalization and harsh drugs.

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