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FDA Approves New Drug for A Timeless Illness–Frostbite–to Save Fingers and Toes from Amputation
It's not a cure for ALS or cancer, but the pharmacists who just developed a "game-changer" treatment for frostbite deserve plenty of congratulations nonetheless.
On...
Overlooked Drug Proven to Be Superior Treatment for Crohn’s Disease–Helping Patients Avoid Surgery
A large-scale clinical trial of treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease has shown that offering early advanced therapy to all patients straight after diagnosis can...
Kinder than Chemo Cancer Drug Cured This Young Man of Leukemia–Available in the US
Picture a very unhappy situation: you have leukemia; what are your options? Everyone knows about the side effects of chemo, and most people will...
Scientists Hail New Antibiotic That Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria
An entirely new kind of antibiotic has been found to be 100% successful in animal trials in eliminating one of three antibiotic-resistant infections believed...
Smokers Twice as Likely to Quit if Using Drug from Laburnum Tree, Finds Study
It's two days after New Year's, and that means a lot of people will be fighting the urge to go and replace the pack...
Scientists Find Drug that Could Combat Resistant Infections Like MRSA, Thanks to AI
Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium...
US Sets Policy to Seize Patents of Government-Funded Drugs if Price Deemed Too High
The Biden Administration last week announced it would be seizing patents for drugs and drug manufacturing procedures developed using government money.
A draft of the...
Tai Chi Can Curb Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms for Years and Lower Needed Drug Doses–Study
Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese martial art involving sequences of slow controlled movements meant to cultivate one of the three kinds of vital energy,...
UPDATE—World’s First Drug to Regrow Teeth Enters Clinical Trials
In June, GNN reported on the first evidence of a drug that was able to regrow adult teeth in mice, after it was discovered...
Psychedelic Drugs May Be Able to Treat Brain Injuries, Stimulating New Neurons to Replace Impaired Ones
Encouraging brain injury research—conducted in test tubes, lab animals, and a few small studies in people—points to the potential of psychedelic drugs to limit...
Party Drug Ketamine Can Stop Severe Depression–Researcher Wants Funding for the ‘Powerful Treatment’
A low-cost version of ketamine to treat severe depression has performed strongly in a double-blind trial that compared it with placebo.
In a study published...
African Psychedelic Plant Medicine Inspires Two New Drugs to Treat Addiction and Depression
A traditional African psychedelic plant medicine has inspired two new drugs to treat addiction and depression.
Ibogaine has been used for thousands of years during...
Life-Saving Overdose Drug Narcan Approved by FDA for Over-the-Counter and Online Sale
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the lifesaving drug Narcan for over-the-counter use without a prescription for the first time.
The nasal spray...
Stroke Recovery Improved for 70% of Patients Taking Celery Seed Drug
A large trial investigating the effectiveness of a celery-seed-derived neuroprotectant drug for use in ischemic stroke cases has shown significant promise.
Patients given the medicine...
These Flabby Gel Robots Could Deliver Life-Saving Drugs by Inching Along Using Changes in Temperature
A "soft robot" can move its way through the human body solely by the changing of temperatures, and could be an excellent way to...
He’s Earned a CNN HERO Award for Transforming Lives on City Streets Where he Once Sold Drugs
If you walked into Tyrique's community center on Taney Street in South Phillidelphia, you'd see a kind man devoting his working hours everyday to...
Mindfulness Program Shown to Be as Effective as Antidepressant Drugs for Treating Anxiety Disorders
A guided mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as using ‘the gold-standard’ antidepressant drug—escitalopram—for patients with anxiety disorders, according to a first-of-its-kind, randomized...
New Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline By 27% in Trial Hailed as ‘Most Encouraging to Date’
American biotech company Biogen announced the results of a phase 3 clinical trial that showed a new Alzheimer’s drug slowed the rate of cognitive...
‘Miracle’ Drug Has Young Girl Running Dancing and Swimming Again Despite Cystic Fibrosis
A little girl with a debilitating lung disease is running around freely again thanks to what her mom is calling a miracle drug.
7-year-old Harriet...
San Francisco Will Consider Ending All Prosecution of Psychedelic Drug Use
City lawmakers of San Francisco have introduced legislation that would significantly move forward the decriminalization of psychedelic substances.
The bill will hopefully reduce non-violent drug...