¿Podría el Ativan ser peligroso para las personas con un cáncer de páncreas?
JUEVES, 17 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — A veces, a las personas con un cáncer de páncreas les recetan lorazepam (Ativan), una benzodiacepina, para la ansiedad, pero podría estar dañando su salud. Un nuevo estudio encontró que este tratamiento…
Learn MoreCould Ativan Pose Harm to People Battling Pancreatic Cancer?
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sometimes patients with pancreatic cancer are prescribed the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan) for anxiety, but that may be harming their health. A new study found this treatment was linked to worse outcomes…
Learn MoreImproved Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants Mark a Major Advance
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a government-approved, sustainable supply of organs for sick humans awaiting a transplant, a pair of new studies argue.A lig…
Learn More¿Se acerca la ciencia al centro cerebral de la libido masculina?
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un único circuito cerebral programado podría ser responsable del impulso sexual masculino, informa un nuevo estudio con ratones. En ratones de laboratorio, los investigadores identificaron una región d…
Learn MoreIn Monkey Trial, Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Curbing Severe Problem Drinking
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with severe alcohol use disorder, a new gene therapy trial could lead to an effective treatment that would involve chemically rebalancing the area of the brain associated with addiction. “With alcoh…
Learn MoreIs Science Getting Closer to the Brain Center for Male Libido?
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A single hardwired brain circuit might be responsible for male sexual drive, a new mouse study reports.Researchers have singled out in lab mice a brain region that controls sexual interest, libido, mating beha…
Learn MoreEn ratones, una vacuna preventiva elimina las placas vinculadas con el Alzheimer
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Durante décadas, los científicos se han esforzado por crear algo que pueda tratar con éxito a la enfermedad de Alzheimer, y ahora unos nuevos medicamentos muestran la capacidad de eliminar las placas amil…
Learn MoreIn Mice, a Preventive Vaccine Clears Brain Plaques Tied to Alzheimer’s
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have struggled for decades to come up with something that can successfully treat Alzheimer’s disease, with new drugs now showing their ability to clear the amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the…
Learn MoreAsí pueden los AINE empeorar una infección de C. difficile
VIERNES, 21 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La aspirina, el naproxeno y otros analgésicos comunes conocidos como antinflamatorios no esteroides (AINE) empeoran las infecciones gastrointestinales provocadas por una bacteria llamada Clostridioides …
Learn MoreHow NSAIDs Can Make a C. Difficile Infection Worse
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Aspirin, naproxen and other common pain medications known as NSAIDs worsen gastrointestinal infections caused by a bacterium known as Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), new research shows.NSAIDs (nonsteroidal…
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