Sentences with phrase «effective drug used»

Entresto, a highly effective drug used in treating human heart patients, is being evaluated at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine for use with dogs.

Amphotericin B (AmB) is the main active ingredient in the most effective drug used to treat leishmaniasis, a disease which in the Western world mainly affects dogs, but in developing countries affects over 12 million people, with more than 70,000 deaths per year.

Not exact matches

Last week, IBM announced that many of its U.S. workers who have cancer will be able to use the supercomputer to find the most effective drugs beginning in 2017.

Beginning in January 2017, IBM employees in the U.S. will be able to use Watson supercomputer technology to help find the most effective oncology drugs and clinical trials for their specific cancers, IBM announced.

Regulatory authorities in the U.S. and Europe believe that real - world data can make the drug - development process more efficient and cost - effective, as well as help better inform patients and physicians about the uses of new products.

These drugs were used primarily to treat cancer but they were also reasonably effective in producing medical abortion, at least up to eight weeks gestation.

Ultimately, the question is not whether RU - 486 or similar drugs are safe and effective for the women who use them.

I find it funny that these religious organizations buy hospitals and use what drugs scientist have deemed effective.

«If there was serious testing and the fighters believed that the testing was effective, they'd be less inclined to use prohibited drugs.

Most American schools today operate according to a philosophy of discipline that has its roots in the 1980s and 1990s, when a belief that schools would be safer and more effective if they allowed for «zero tolerance» of violence, drug use, and other misbehavior led to a sharp rise in school suspensions.

This all - natural remedy can be just as effective as drugs and the harsh ointments that many parents have used over the years.

The recent Pink Slime videos serve both as a symbol of all that's wrong with our approach to public school and the castration of the Food and Drug Administration that used to be an effective watch dog.

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According to the Canadian Medical Association in response to a recent study that said Canadian women are not heeding pregnancy warnings about the use of isotretinoin, a potent but effective drug that treats severe acne.

This drug has been used by tens of thousands of women over the past many decades and is considered relatively safe and effective in treating infertility issues.

Drug companies used to stay one step ahead by continually introducing new medications, but bacteria have been mutating rapidly in response, making the drugs less effective.

DrugScope also welcomed the Council's decision that community orders should be considered as a realistic alternative to prison for drug dependent individuals, and questioned once again whether using the criminal justice system to respond to offences of drug possession was «the most effective way to reduce drug - related harms both to individuals and the wider community.»

«So we will develop diversionary programmes to take users out of the criminal justice system altogether, ensure that those who need treatment get it, and find more effective ways to reduce or end their drug use.

In doing so, it is reiterating its support for a «war on drugs» mindset and a punitive drugs policy which all the evidence shows is not effective at reducing drug use.

«Rather than educating youth about the dangers of opioids, focusing on getting hardened drug dealers poisoning our children off the streets, and offering addicts effective treatment, we will instead signal to users that addiction is a manageable condition and you can partake in illegal opioid use nearly risk - free.»

A new study explains how a widely used drug is effective against inflammatory bowel disease and rejection of bone marrow transplants, while suggesting another way to address both health issues.

To be effective and reduce recurrence of cancer in the prostate, researchers found that prescribing PARP inhibitors, a drug commonly used in breast cancer, alongside anti-hormone therapy treatment may benefit men with prostate cancer.

Dr Webb said: «The results of our latest study open up the possibility of designing new drugs that use the same means to attack E. coli, but in a more effective way.»

A drug which has already been in use for decades to treat liver disease could be an effective treatment to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered.

Total knee and hip replacements are highly effective operations for patients with severe pain in these joints, and opioids are the main drugs used for acute pain management after such surgeries.

And DSHEA codified a loose arrangement: Under the law, as FDA notes on its website, «unlike drug products that must be proven safe and effective for their intended use before marketing, there are no provisions in the law for FDA to «approve» dietary supplements... before they reach the consumer.»

He and his team concluded that the drug was effective against complications of flu, like pneumonia, thus encouraging its use.

Canada's program that aims to prevent pregnancy in women who use the powerful acne drug isotretinoin (Accutane) is not effective, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

«Using this technology, the study is the first to discover the critical role of astroglial cells in Down syndrome as well as identify a promising pathway for exploring how a drug such as minocycline may offer an effective way to help treat it.»

The researchers also identified drugs that are effective against the cancers and could potentially be used in the fight to save the devils from extinction.

A one - two combo punch using two currently available drugs could be an effective treatment for the majority of lung cancers, a study by scientists with UT Southwestern's Simmons Cancer Center shows.

Hamburg noted that «I reviewed and thoughtfully considered the data, clinical information, and analysis provided by» FDA's drug experts, «and I agree... that there is adequate and reasonable, well - supported, and science - based evidence that Plan B One - Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child - bearing potential.»

Drug addiction, or substance dependence is the compulsive use of psychoactive drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use.

Christian Confavreux, a neurologist at Pierre Wertheimer Neurological Hospital in Lyon, France, and a member of that team, says that pregnancy is more effective at keeping MS in check than drugs commonly used to treat it.

Previous research at York showed that regulating cannabis use could result in more effective strategies aimed at helping drug users to access the right support and guidance.

A key to the study is an understanding that using two, three or more antibiotics in combination does not necessarily make the drugs more effective in combating bacteria — in fact, in many cases, their effectiveness is actually reduced when drugs are used together — so the combinations must be chosen carefully and systematically.

Though an effective painkiller, epibatidine, as it is now known, was too toxic to be used as a drug (perhaps unsurprising considering its use in the Amazon).

Dr Sian Clarke from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, also a principal investigator in the research, said: «This study shows that rapid diagnostic tests can improve the use of artemisinin - based combination therapies — the most effective treatment for malaria — in drug shops, but it's not without its challenges.

And one of the main drugs previously used to treat the infectious liver disease was not very effective and had many side effects, including the possibility of transplant rejection.

Systems that use light as an on / off signal require permanent implants or are only effective close to the skin, and those that rely on drugs can be slow to switch on and off.

Using the sensor, drug companies can screen individual drug compounds in minutes rather than months, determining which are most effective.

But in the last several years, more effective drugs, called direct - acting antivirals, have been approved for use.

«Antiseptic baths to prevent infections deemed effective for long - term use: Chlorhexidine bathing in ICU not a contributing factor in increased drug - resistant MRSA.»

A statin drug commonly used to lower cholesterol is not effective in reducing the number and severity of flare ups from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the results of a large multicenter clinical trial designed and directed by Gerard J. Criner, MD, Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA..

Bioengineers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have shown for the first time that lithium chloride, a common drug used to treat mental health disorders, could offer an effective treatment against osteoarthritis by disrupting the length of the cells» antennae called primary cilia.

The more accurate the structure, the better scientists can use it to create effective drug treatments without side effects.

Based on these ratings, each class of drugs was deemed effective (Level A), probably effective (Level B), possibly effective (Level C), or judged to have inadequate or conflicting evidence to support or refute the medications» use (Level U).

Previous research has suggested that anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin used in conjunction with antipsychotic treatments may be more effective than just the antipsychotics themselves.

Furthermore, there are no differences between the major political party affiliation groups on views about the use of animals in research, the safety of eating genetically modified (GM) foods and whether to allow access to experimental drug treatments before those treatments have been shown to be safe and effective.

But some of these drugs are only effective after several months, and their use is «based on very weak evidence,» Niklas Långström, a psychiatric epidemiologist at KI, said at the press conference.