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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new strategies for addressing the crisis of opioid addiction
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One of my highest priorities as the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is to take whatever steps we can to reduce the scope and human tragedy created by the epidemic of addiction to opioids. At the FDA, we're especially focused on helping more patients struggling with current addiction receive appropriate care with proven treatments and reducing new cases of addiction. Lowering the rate of new addiction means also reducing overall exposure to opioids to prevent more people from becoming addicted to these drugs in the first place. In the setting of the President's declaration of a national public health emergency related to the crisis, I'm reaffirming the FDA's commitment to work across the full range of its authorities to address this epidemic.
NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs
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The deadliest malaria parasite needs two proteins to infect red blood cells and exit the cells after it multiplies, a finding that may provide researchers with potential new targets for drug development, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. Their study appears in the latest issue of Science.
Scientists find a role for Parkinson’s gene in the brain
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A new study published in the journal Neuron sheds light on the normal function of LRRK2, the most common genetic cause for late-onset Parkinson's disease. The study was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Hair transplant treatment for hair loss
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A hair transplant is a form of skin graft that rearranges the hair you have by taking hair and skin from one area of your head and moving it to another. It's an effective, permanent treatment for hair loss. A hair transplant involves significant cost and recovery time. In most cases, it requires multiple procedures over time to get the best results. Therefore, hair transplants generally are used only when other hair-loss treatments have not worked.
Building a medical map of the body
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Medical science can seem to zig and zag from one study to the next. One study says one thing while another study appears to contradict it.
Proton therapy may be better option for elderly patients with esophageal cancer
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A study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that proton beam therapy, in combination with chemotherapy, prior to surgery, may be a better option than a combination using traditional radiation therapy techniques with chemotherapy when treating elderly patients with esophageal cancer. Standard X-ray radiation therapy techniques include 3-D conformal radiation and intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Results were presented by Scott Lester, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic, today at the fourth-annual Particle Therapy Cooperative Group - North America Fourth Annual Conference in Chicago.
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