Common drugs like ibuprofen and antibiotics may reduce the risk of dementia, a study suggests. Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Exeter identified several medications - already ...

Common anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen may cut dementia risk, a major medicines study suggests. Researchers investigated whether existing treatments already used for other ailments could ...

While the drug works by increasing a calming brain chemical called GABA, it also appears to lower PER2 gene activity during nighttime, leaving the heart more vulnerable to damage. This discovery ...

Scientists hope to investigate whether common drugs could be used to help fight dementia after ibuprofen and some prescription antibiotics, antivirals and vaccines were associated with a reduced ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a known cause of meningoencephalitis, typically in immunocompromised inpatients. We report a case of meningitis caused by VZV in an immunocompetent man in his 20s.

A commonly-used heart drug derived from the foxglove plant can “dissolve” clusters of breast cancer cells to prevent the disease spreading, a study suggests. Certain tumour types release ...

Aspirin is not only one of the best-documented medicines in the world, but also one of the most frequently used drugs of all times ... Apart from its analgesic and antipyretic properties, aspirin ...

A draft notification issued by the Union health ministry has proposed that the 16 drugs, which include common antipyretic medicine such as paracetamol 500 mg, some laxatives, nasal decongestants ...

Stimulant medications are considered the first-line treatment for ADHD for some very good reasons. Here are 6 things to know about stimulant medications in ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...

Clarithromycin is a pregnancy category C drug -- but this agent has also not ... principles as used in the nongravid state; hydration, antipyretic therapy, and supplemental oxygen are key.

Drug delivery describes the method and approach to delivering drugs or pharmaceuticals and other xenobiotics to their site of action within an organism, with the goal of achieving a therapeutic ...

The development of nanocarriers for targeted protein delivery requires methods for high-throughput screening in vitro and in vivo. Here authors develop a DNA-barcoded method to identify ...