Chronic opioid therapy is a risky one with a new study suggesting that such a therapy increases the risk of death from overdose with men at much higher risk than women. According…
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Dementia patients could benefit from music therapy
Researchers have revealed through a study that dementia patients could benefit from music therapy with marked improvements to their symptoms and wellbeing as well as a reduction in disruptiveness to staff at…
Cannabis shows promise in bone fracture treatment
Up until 1930s, marijuana aka cannabis had been used by different societies across the globe as a remedial plant; however, with increased awareness about its addictive nature, governments across the world started…
Ebola drug trail stopped as TKM-Ebola-Guinea shows no overall benefit
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation has revealed that the Phase II clinical trial of its Ebola treatment TKM-Ebola-Guinea has reached a predefined statistical endpoint and that they have closed the enrollment indicating that the…
Suffering from insomnia? It’s very likely that you may be cured in just 1 hour
Researchers have revealed that nearly three quarters of insomniacs can be treated with a simple one-hour therapy session. In the first ever study to attempt to treat insomnia in the acute phase…
AstraZeneca, Lilly collaborate for immuno-oncology combination clinical trial in solid tumours
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) have revealed about their collaboration for clinical trials to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of AstraZeneca’s investigational anti-PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, MEDI4736, in combination…
Mindfulness is the key to quality of life, mental health charity says
As a part of the Mental Health Awareness Week, YouGov and Mental Health Foundation (MHF) carried out a survey of over 2,000 British adults wherein it was found that nearly a third…
Tumour-only genetic sequencing misguiding cancer treatment in 50% patients
Researchers have revealed that tumour-only genetic sequencing isn’t revealing the true picture thereby misguiding cancer treatment in almost 50 per cent of patients and to overcome this huge gap comparison to a…