Sentences with phrase «protect against drug»

The stockpiling began in the 1990s, as Congress implemented the military - transfer program to equip police with automatic weapons and armored trucks to better protect themselves against drug gangs and neutralize armed assailants like the two men who carried out the Columbine High School massacre.

Not exact matches

Just as you protect your kids against illnesses like measles, you can help «immunize» them against drug use by giving them the facts before they're in a risky situation.

Although there has been some controversy, studies indicate that if parents follow simple precautions (don't smoke, drink, or take drugs before co-sleeping, keep infants away from bedding and close any cracks between your bed and the wall), co-sleeping protects against SIDS.

The AAP concurs with the US Food and Drug Administration and Consumer Product Safety Commission that manufacturers should not claim that a product or device protects against SIDS unless there is scientific evidence to that effect.

There is a segment of the population that believes these should be legislated against to protect drug users from themselves — If it's harder to get a drug, it's hard to overdose one.

Despite the fact that 2016 will be remembered for citizens fundamentally voting against our own wellbeing, this year was also the first that voters solidly got behind drug policy reform in order to protect the vulnerable in society.

They add: «The greatest reduction in risk of developing metabolic risk factor clustering observed for intermediate levels of physical activity and leisure time sitting was unexpected and suggests that moderate amounts of both moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and leisure time sitting may be sufficient to protect against developing metabolic risk factor clustering over time... The lack of protection for the most active adults may reflect a chance finding, or confounding by other factors such as wider use of prescription drugs by participants in less active groups.

The regulation is there to protect patients and research subjects against risks of the research but also to ensure integrity of the data that may be used for the marketing approval for these new drugs.

Lithium — a simple metal and the oldest drug in psychiatry — might protect the brain against mental illness, Alzheimer's, and other diseases.

A drug that releases two gases to protect the stomach lining may be significantly more effective than daily aspirin in protecting against cancer

«Body clock drug protects against metabolic syndrome in mice.»

An observational study conducted by German scientists in 2014 suggests that long - term use of this drug may protect against dementia.

The researchers showed how gelsolin works at the molecular level to protect cancer cells against a widely used chemotherapy drug called cisplatin.

Exercise is a simple, low - cost intervention that promotes cognition and mood, protects against damage associated with neurodegeneration, and may alleviate drug addiction in humans.

Initially used to protect against side - effects such as fractures, there is also some evidence that taking the drug extends the lives of women with breast cancer.

Researchers at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist have developed an alternative treatment in which virus - specific cells protect patients against severe, drug - resistant viral infections.

After suppressing mitochondrial function using the drug antimycin, Chen and Birsoy saw that cells with mutations inactivating the gene ATPIF1 were protected against loss of mitochondrial function.

«This suggests that FGF21 might someday be used as a drug to limit alcohol consumption and protect against its effects in people,» said Dr. Mangelsdorf, Chair of Pharmacology, Professor of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator.

Colored pigments attract pollinating insects, they protect plants against disease, and they confer health benefits and are used in the food and drug industries.

A new paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine describes the discovery and biological profiling of an exciting new anti-malarial clinical drug candidate, MMV390048, effective against resistant strains of the malaria parasite, and across the entire parasite lifecycle, with the potential to cure and protect in a single dose.

The first is pyridostigmine bromide, a drug that protects against the effects of nerve gas, another is DEET, an insect spray applied to the skin, and the third is permethrin, an insecticide applied to clothes and blankets.

They hope the drug will do artificially what the genetic defect in Laron syndrome does naturally: protect against DNA damage that fuels cancer growth.

It may not work against Godzilla, but a new drug could protect people from deadly doses of radiation.

RING OF PROTECTION Two large studies find that a vaginal ring containing an antiviral drug can help protect women against HIV infection.

There are currently no vaccines or drugs approved for human use and no post-exposure treatment that has completely protected nonhuman primates against MARV - Angola, the most deadly Marburg viral strain, with a mortality rate of up to 90 percent.

The drug appears to enhance an innate cellular mechanism that protects myelin - producing cells against inflammatory stress.

«Blood pressure drug protects against symptoms of multiple sclerosis in animal models.»

What's more, the women in both the heparin and control groups also received injections of the drug for 42 days after birth, potentially helping to protect them against blood clots that may manifest themselves at that point, but possibly diluting the results — making it appear that heparin was not as effective as it may have been.

LONDON (Reuters)-- Researchers announced the launch of two big studies in Africa on Thursday to test a new HIV vaccine and a long - acting injectable drug, fuelling hopes for better ways to protect against the virus that causes AIDS.

The researchers said that identifying this virus sensor, called ZBP1, offers the hope of developing drugs to protect against influenza's sometimes lethal complication of pneumonia.

Over time, however, scientists began noticing that antibiotics can increase babies» risk of the very afflictions the drugs aim to protect against — such as fungal infections, late - onset sepsis, and a deadly intestinal disorder called necrotizing enterocolitis.

The treatment acts by protecting the brain against stress hormones — separate gene - based research also offers the hope of a fast - acting drug

Intriguingly, the study also found that drugs called statins, which are better known for their cholesterol - lowering properties, appeared to alleviate the effects of telomere damage — and may even have protected telomeres against degradation.

If the missing gene somehow protects against disease, then a drug that targets that gene could treat illness without causing side effects.

To date, there is no drug for treatment or vaccines to protect against dengue fever.

The findings suggest that drugs targeting this molecule could serve as a new treatment strategy to protect against liver fibrosis.

«Women need more of the HIV drug Truvada than men to prevent infection: Study first to explain why women need more frequent dosing of Truvada than men to protect against HIV.»

«Our ultimate hope would be to use these findings to create a lipoxin - based drug for obese people to help protect them against associated illnesses, such as kidney and liver disease,» she said.

Our results suggest that readily available drugs could help protect neurons against some of the damages inflicted by this illness.

According to Merck & Co., the manufacturer of the drug, Gardasil protects against HPV for five years.

Compared to such blunt, non-specific drugs, our immune system is a complex, highly effective system, responsible for protecting us against most diseases and keeping us healthy for the duration of our lives.

March 13, 2015 Blood pressure drug protects against symptoms of multiple sclerosis in animal models An FDA - approved drug for high blood pressure, guanabenz, prevents myelin loss and alleviates clinical symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in animal models, according to a new study.

Scientists have also been making strides toward developing a vaccine to protect against the Zika virus and identifying molecules that can potentially lead to an anti-Zika drug.

Scientists are now experimenting with a drug that tries to mimic this mutation and has the potential to protect against age - related illnesses in humans.

Also, be sure to talk to your doctor about other drugs or supplements you might take along with your sleep medication, to protect against dangerous interactions or unnecessary side effects.

The body uses glutathione to protect against toxins that enter our body from the foods we eat and those encountered in everyday life, including pollution, radiation, carcinogens, heavy metals and drugs.

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In a laboratory animal study published in the January 2011 issue of the journal «Pharmacognosy Research» holy basil protected against liver damage from the commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug acetaminophen.

Animal studies and small human studies suggest that a ketogenic diet protects healthy cells against anti-cancer drugs and radiation, while at the same time making cancer cells more sensitive to the treatment.

Campbell writes on page 51 of The China Study that he first investigated the effect of dietary casein on drug - metabolizing enzymes in order to test the hypothesis that low - protein diets might protect against cancer: