Math May Determine Best HIV Drug Combinations Treating people infected with the AIDS virus involves using a combination of antiretroviral drugs. But some combinations work better than others. Now, a mathematical formula has been developed that may ev...
In US, Prescription Drug Overdoses More Deadly Than Car Crashes The death of American singer and actress Whitney Houston has sparked discussion about accidental overdosing on prescription drugs. The official cause of Houston's death is still pending,...
Wireless Microchip Delivers Bone Drug Researchers have tested an implantable device that releases daily dosages of osteoporosis medicine. The device may one day be a cost-effective alternative to daily injections, and could help manage other diseases...
Drug Reverses Alzheimer's in Lab Mice Researchers working with laboratory mice have stopped the progression of a condition found in the brain of Alzheimer's victims. They've even reversed cognitive decline. But whether the discovery can translate to...
Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered Scientists have discovered structural abnormalities in the brains of drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings, a finding that suggests there may be an inherited vulnerability to addiction, and...
Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug Seventeen-year-old Alaina Kvapil was diagnosed with asthma when she was 13. When you have an asthma attack, your airways actually close up and people dont realize that you cant breathe, you cant get the...
New Malaria Drugs Stop Parasite Early U.S. medical researchers report a possible breakthrough that might prevent infection by one of the two most widespread varieties of malaria. A new class of anti-malaria compounds kills the parasites in the develo...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Online search engine Google Inc. has agreed to pay 500 million U.S. dollars to settle claims that it allowed online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements targeting consumers in the United States, U.S. Justice Dep...
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday issued a regulation on drug rehabilitation that encourages drug users to voluntarily undergo rehabilitation programs. The regulation took effect Sunday as a supplement of the country's anti-drug law that w...
BUJUMBURA, May 31(Xinhua) -- As the World No Tobacco Day is celebrated on Tuesday, many Burundians feel happy that they have given up smoking thanks to herbal drugs. Evariste Ndikumwami, 55, residing in the Burundian capital Bujumbura, said he had be...
