Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Don't bother with the hot new diet pill Redux -- the benefits don't outweigh the risks, according to a Cornell University nutritionist who has examined the 40 studies on long-term use of the diet pill. "People do lose weight more easily with Redux (d-fenfluramine) than with a placebo, but ...... study volunteers who took only an inactiveplacebo pill did not change by these measures. "Personality, a set of traits and attributes that characterize individuals andthat persist throughout life, has been thought to be about fifty to sixtypercent attributable to inheritance, a conclusion based in large ...Metrifonate, A New Alzheimer Drug, Helps Behavior Problems
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...ts, and a digital cap that registered whenever the pill bottle was opened.Looking at 151 HIV-infected urban poor in San Francisco, the researchers found: Only about 28 percent received any anti-retroviral drugs at all--compared to almost 90 percent of middle-class people infected with HIV--andonly eight......ue to thepsychological boost derived from taking a pill rather than their effects onbrain chemistry, say two researchers in the US. Irving Kirsch of the University of Connecticut and Guy Sapirstein ofWestwood Lodge Hospital, Needham, analysed 19 studies on selectedantidepressants and sedatives-inc...Anti-Depressants: Miracle Drugs Or Placebos With A Buzz?
...ect - the patient'sbelief and expectation that the pill they are taking will make them better. Furthermore, the authors say, the remaining 25 percent of thepositive effect of anti-depressants may be attributable to the fact that thedrugs have side effects, which inert pills do not. The article,"Listening...Novel Therapy To Treat Lung Cancer Patients Enrolling Patients At UCSF Cancer Center
...s are also welltolerated because they are taken in pill form and have minimal side effects. In a normal, h...ing patients will be randomizedto receive either a pill form of the drug or placebo in combination withchemotherapy infusions. This is a multicenter, phase ...UCSF Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk Of Spine And Hip Fractures By Half In Women With Osteoporosis
...214 toalendronate and 2218 to placebo (an inactive pill with no medical benefits). Participants were postmenopausal, between 54 to 81 years old (mean age 68years), 97 percent Caucasian, and had a low neck BMD, but no spinal fractures.Women in the alendronate group were randomly assigned to 5 mg of the dru...Small Risk Of Pill Disappears After Ten Years
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...delivery systems for Zyban, a prescription drug in pill formused for smoking cessation and depression. Abdul Houdi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UK College of Pharmacy,has applied for a patent for his enhancement of the delivery of Zyban. The oral dosage of Zyban has very low bioavailabiltiy..."Plugs" For Drugs Promise Mightier Medicines
Whether it's one pill several times a day or a self-administered injection,taking medicine frequently can be a major nuisance. Now Weizmann Institutescientists have developed a new approach that may prolong the action of manydrugs, making it possible to administer them at...Washington DC - Diabetics may someday pop a pill to control their disease, nowthat scientists have ...nsulin, it can be swallowed instead of injected. A pill developed fromthis substance could be a welcome alternative to the insulin injections orrigorous lif......jection and methotrexate or placebo once a week in pill form to ensureappropriate blinding of the trial. The most common events reported in this trial in patients receivingENBREL were mild to moderate injection site reactions that did not complicatetreatment. ENBREL was approved to tr...Sniffing Out The Promise Of Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy
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...r acholesterol-lowering drug or a placebo (a dummy pill with no effect.) Theresearchers used a high sensitivity test to measure blood levels of CRP atbaseline and after five years. While CRP levels tended to increase in the placebo group, the drug-treated grouphad significant reductions in CRP levels. A...Obesity drugs not a quick fix for achieving weight loss
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