New drug created that may treat blood cancer patients Deccan Chronicle London: Scientists have developed a new drug that strips cancer cells of their "immortality", and may treat patients suffering from one of the most aggressive forms of leukaemia. | The drug, called HXR9, prevents cancer cells from sidestepping apoptosis - the process that causes unhealthy ...
With drug overdoses soaring, states limit the length of painkiller prescriptions The Keene Sentinel States are enacting strict limits on the number of powerful prescription painkillers doctors can prescribe, a move that many believe will help fight the opioid crisis but has raised alarms among some physicians. | At least 17 states have enacted rule...
Cats Are Not Medicine The Atlantic Kids who grow up in homes with cats are much less likely to have behavioral issues than kids who grow up in homes without cats. | This is according to a divisive statistical analysis thrust upon the world this week by scientists at the Rand corporati...
Mylan rolls out HIV treatment medicine in Canada Business Journal Mylan launched three generic medications to treat HIV in Canada. The pharmaceutical company, which is based in the Netherlands but run out of its corporate offices in Canonsburg, said it had received Health Canada approval for these generic drugs: em...
Scientists warn of looming mango bacterial disease Joy Online There is a looming epidemic of Bacterial Black Spot disease in Ghana, according to leading scientists. | Already the disease has been reported in Kint... (photo: WN / RTayco)
