Highlights: Late bedtime may up obesity risk in kids Sleeping early at night and sticking to a good bedti

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Highlights: A diet of high-iron beans could improve the health of anemic women Currently, iron-biofortified

Highlights: People with mental disorders are more likely to develop other health conditions Mapping the

Highlights: Breastfeeding may lower a woman's risk of developing diabetes later in life Pregnant women wi

Highlights : Worldwide, May 5th is commemorated as World Hand Hygiene Day every year On this day, awareness on the

Highlights : World Asthma Day is observed every year on the first Tuesday of May The day aims to create awareness a

Highlights: Potato can be a source of high-quality protein Including potato to your daily diet can build

Highlights: Consuming flavonoid-rich foods can keep Alzheimer's disease at bay Foods rich in flavonoids a

Highlights : World Thalassemia Day is observed on 8th May every year On this day, awareness of thalassemia is spread

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Ritalin and similar medications, commonly prescribed to patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also used by healthy people as a "study

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi is ready to offer the French authorities, millions of doses of Plaquenil containing hydroxychloroquine, to treat

Drugs approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may hold promise in fighting the new infection known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), stated UTSW scientists.

WHO has announced a global trial named 'SOLIDARITY' to identify if any drug can treat infection caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The trial,

The government of Nigeria has issued a warning over the use of chloroquine to treat COVID-19, after three people got overdosed, and hospitalized due to poisoning.

There is low-quality evidence indicating that cannabinoids may be a safe alternative for a small but significant decline in subjective pain score when treating acute pain, reports a new study.

Combination of cannabidiol (CBD) and bacitracin (BAC) can help in the treatment of infections with antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacteria. The findings

Medications being used to treat COVID-19 are known to cause prolongation of the QTc in some people. The QTc is an indicator of the health of the heart's electrical recharging system.

Paracetamol, the commonly used painkiller, when administered intravenously, lowers blood pressure. The mechanism underlying this dangerous side effect has been identified.

Daily dose of aspirin provided no benefit to study participants at either preventing dementia or slowing cognitive decline, stated study published in

Ovarian cancer cells become detached from their point of origin and shift using fats as an energy source, according to Benjamin Bitler, PhD, and CU Cancer

Heart and kidney patients should keep taking their drugs as inaccurate medical information has flooded social media and other channels, advised researchers.

Diabetic patients who stopped using aspirin three months post insertion of a coronary stent and then took the anti-platelet drug ticagrelor alone for

Rivaroxaban lowers the chance of serious thromboembolism more in people recovering from orthopedic surgery requiring immobilization compared to Enoxaparin,

An investigational drug vericiguat offers new hope for patients with worsening heart failure, reports a new study. Patients with worsening heart failure

Two types of diabetes drugs namely SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 drugs were effective in reducing heart complications including stroke, heart attack, and

Regardless of patient gender, age or smoking status, teprotumumab, the first FDA-approved drug for thyroid eye disease, provides significant improvement

Asthma, allergy, arthritis patients using glucocorticoids on a routine basis are at high risk of getting infected with coronavirus, according to a new

A potential new vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been announced by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists.

Scientists are exploring rotavirus to develop a vaccine that will protect children against COVID-19. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its global spread, vaccine development is on everyone's mind.

Structural and biochemical differences among anticancer medications PARP inhibitors were linked to differing capacities to kill cancer cells, according

A new pneumonia vaccine that is more effective and less expensive than those currently used in Brazil is being tested in human patients, said researchers

EIDD-2801, the new antiviral drug shows promise in reducing lung damage. Testing in mice is completed and it will soon enter to human clinical trials.

Improved outcomes of newer drug in some patients could be due to a more complete reversal of the effects of muscle relaxants used during surgery. The

Hydroxychloroquine shows weak evidence of its effectiveness against coronavirus in the new study. The drug has been identified by the US Food and

Scientists are working to collecting and using convalescent plasma to develop a passive immunization program to treat patients hospitalized for COVID-19.

Kanpur administration has directed all pharmacies to register the name, address and contact number of people buying paracetamol or medicines for cough, cold and fever or breathing problems.

BCG vaccine may not prevent infection with the novel coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO therefore didn't recommend

Remdesivir is highly effective in stopping the replication of coronavirus, according to new research published in the iJournal of Biological Chemistry/i by scientists at the University of Alberta.

Aspirin was found to be associated with reduction in the risk of several cancers of the digestive tract, stated new study. The largest and most comprehensive

Baloxavir with trade name Xofluza, is the first treatment for influenza with a new mechanism of "action" to be licensed in around 20 years. It was already

The pandemic has suddenly changed the medication needs of masses with a clear preference being shown for respiratory, anti-diabetic, cardiac therapies.

No drug improves the clinical outcome of patients hospitalized with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 over supportive care, according to the study in iMed/i, a new medical journal published by Cell Press.

A promising new strategy for combating malaria, a mosquito-borne parasite that claims nearly a half-million lives each year has been discovered by researchers.

New study has shed light on how an important front-line ethambutol drug kills the tuberculosis bacterium. The study has been conducted by University of Birmingham scientists.

Synthetic corticosteroid drugs, when used for prolonged duration of time, increase adrenal gland inflammation in response to bacterial infection. Synthetic

X-ray CT scanning helps to quantify the tiny microstructures of individual particles from the drug products used for asthma at the nano-scale, according

Candidiasis treatment could be improved using new drug formulation. Specific chemical signal released from a bacterium can be used to improve the activity

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors which are primarily used to treat type 2 diabetes were found to lower the risk of serious kidney problems, revealed study published in The BMJ.