Antihistamine reduces pain in irritable bowel syndrome Patients given H1 antihistamine ebastine showed significant reduction in pain score in randomised trial.…
Side effects of Parkinson’s treatment reduced by blocking brain protein Targeting p11 protein in dopamine-responsive region of the brain shows promise in mouse model of Parkinson’s disease.…
Opioid treatment duration linked with risk of depression New-onset depression could be associated with duration of use of opioids in chronic pain.…
Statins improve outcomes of heart surgery Use of atorvastatin and simvastatin is associated with improved post-operative outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.…
Turning skin cells into pancreatic beta cells could help treat diabetes Reprogrammed skin stem cells protected mice from chemically-induced diabetes, study shows.…
Doxycycline more effective than azithromycin for chlamydia Trial finds doxycycline slightly more effective, but researchers not entirely convinced of its superiority. …
Ibuprofen could provide alternative to antibiotics for uncomplicated UTIs Two-thirds of women found ibuprofen to be sufficient treatment for uncomplicated infection.…
Computer programme predicts antibiotic resistance in three minutes Mykrobe software uses genome sequence data to predict resistance to 12 antibiotics in retrospective study.…
