Sentences with phrase «first effective drugs»
The first effective drug for epilepsy, potassium bromide, was introduced in the 1850s and works by inhibiting the excitability of neurons.
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A 2005 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming almonds as part of a heart - healthy diet can be just as effective at lowering LDL «bad» cholesterol levels as first generation statin drugs.
«The Sentencing Council's guideline brings sentencing guidance together for the first time to help ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing and provide effective guidance for sentencers and clear information for victims, witnesses and the public on how drug offenders are sentenced.»
When administering SSRIs, the team saw that the drug first collected in the lipid rafts, and afterward, the critical GαS protein moved out of the rafts, freeing it up and making the protein more effective.
The surgery was effective, marking the first time a retina has remained attached in an NIV patient and suggesting the drug may be beneficial to others with scarring inside the eye, Mahajan said.
«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 antibiotic, first identified by Nosopharm, is unique and promising on two fronts: its unconventional source and its distinct way of killing bacteria, both of which suggest the compound may be effective at treating drug - resistant or hard - to - treat bacterial infections.
When this article was first published, the number of generations for which the drug is effective was printed incorrectly.
«Rapamycin treatment prevents crippling abnormal bone formation after severe limb injuries: Significant benefits seen after treatment with FDA - approved drug in rodent model of blast - related limb injury hold promise for first effective treatment to prevent trauma - induced heterotopic ossification (HO) formation.»
Lab results are impressive: the drug is as effective against the 26th generation as it is against the first.
The new paper also provides the first detailed explanation of how the scientists created a mathematical formula that can help predict which combinations of drugs will be most effective.
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.
Over her time at FDA, Woodcock has moved up, first by running the review group for biologics, then becoming the deputy director of biologics, then head of the Office of Therapeutics, and finally being appointed head of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), a division of FDA committed to ensuring that «all prescription and over-the-counter drugs are safe and effective.»
Lithium is among the most effective therapies for BD, and remains the first - line treatment even as other mood stabilizing drugs have become available.
Co-senior study investigator and cancer biologist Iannis Aifantis, PhD, says the study offers the first evidence that «drugs targeting and disrupting leukemia cells» microenvironment — or what goes on around them — could prove effective against the disease.»
A synthetic cannabis - like drug in a pill was safe and effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea in the first large multi-site study of a drug for apnea funded by the National Institutes of Health.
«First, drugs, therapies, and devices may be developed that are effective for one sex.
The first - line treatment for hand osteoarthritis — paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or opioids — is often not effective and some patients experience adverse reactions.
«This is the first time it has ever been used to detect the presence of drugs in fingerprints, and our results show the technique was 99 % effective in detecting cocaine use among the patients.»
Highly dependent on their estrogen receptors for growth and survival, these tumor cells are sensitive to hormonal therapies, making drugs like tamoxifen and fulvestrant effective first - line therapies for many patients.
Solving the high - resolution crystal structure of DRD2 bound to the commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug risperidone is the first step towards the creation of safer and more effective medications for schizophrenia and related disorders.»
This is the first demonstration of effective delivery of antibody mimics into cells, which could allow researchers to develop new drugs for cancer and many other diseases, says Pentelute, the senior author of the paper.
We have this wonderful first step for a drug that is highly effective in a significant population of patients, and we now need to convert that step into prolonged responses.
These results reveal new risk markers in the genome that could be used to predict which children are likely to respond poorly to albuterol and other current first - line anti-asthma drugs, and to guide the development of new therapies that will be more effective and reduce the outsize burden of mortality in minority populations.
2013 — Our scientists unravel complex chains of events that lead to skin cancer becoming resistant to drugs that target BRAF, and are the first to show that a new combination of drugs is more effective at slowing cancer's growth.
A clinical trial is a research investigation when a new treatment is first given to humans, with or without a disease, to establish if the drug is safe and effective at treating the disease.
Linking the differentiation process with organ - on - a-chip technology pioneered by his team, the researchers went on to engineer the first in vitro model of the human glomerulus, demonstrating effective and selective filtration of blood proteins and podocyte toxicity induced by a chemotherapy drug in vitro.
Through such evolutionary processes, a drug that targets telomerase could seem effective at first, only to be defeated by the cancer cell line if it can (for instance) more effectively break the drug down, or prevent the drug from entering its cells, or put out the biological equivalents of the «chaff» and flares that are used by fighter jets to ward off the targeting systems of hostile missiles.
If there were a drug for cancer that was 20 times more effective, we would obviously recommend that first — and that's what we should be doing for contraception, as well.»
Treatments for heart attacks — including clot - busting drugs and balloon angioplasty — are most effective in the first hour postattack.
A 2005 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming almonds as part of a heart - healthy diet can be just as effective at lowering LDL «bad» cholesterol levels as first generation statin drugs.
«I've been trying to find a drug that will reduce brain inflammation and restore cognitive function in rats for over 25 years; cannabinoids [found in cannabis] are the first and only class of drugs that have ever been effective,» he told Time Magazine.
But as it is so much better than drugs why not use it as a first option, or use the even more effective borax?
The clinical indications of these addiction patterns were evident many years ago, and the most effective approach in dealing with addiction for my patients — and me — was simple: Eliminate the sugar addiction first, then any and all other addictions to drugs or other issues would more easily be eliminated.
In the analysis of 12 different drugs, two came out on top as the most effective and best tolerated as first - line treatments: sertraline (Zoloft) and escitalopram (Lexapro).
This anti-seizure medication is used commonly as an additional drug given simultaneously when the first drug was not effective.
Although the drug is highly effective in eliminating the bacteria involved, it does not address the underlying true disease — the reason the infection occurred in the first place.
In the early stages, the first 6 to 8 weeks of heart worm infection the larvae can be treated with three different drugs, Ivermectin, Selamectin and Milbemycin these are very effective.
First announce was more than 30 years ago, given drug is included in number of the most effective remedies against acne, which not only clear skin from acne, but also transforming it and gives a fresh look.
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In the first ever study on a large scale, that compared the results of maintenance therapy with mindfulness therapy, the researchers concluded that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) could be an effective «drug - free» treatment for people with severe depression at a high risk of relapse.