Medical News | Medical Articles - Pharmacy / Pharmacology - Oct 12, 2018 Edition

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October 12, 2018     Pharmacy / Pharmacology     The latest pharmacy / pharmacology news from News Medical

Many Alzheimer's patients are taking two or more psychotropic drugs   Up to 50% of people with Alzheimer’s disease now take a psychotropic drug and one-fifth use a combination of two or more psychotropic drugs.

Working Towards a Sustainable Future for the NHS   An interview with Jennifer Lee, Director of Market Access and Advocacy at Janssen UK, the pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson, discussing the importance of innovation in the private sector and making new technologies available to the NHS.         Anti-cancer Properties of Silver Nanoparticles   The small size of silver nanoparticles and ability to induce cell death through multiple mechanisms makes them fantastic candidates for anti-cancer therapies.

Membrane-coated Nanoparticles   Membrane-coated nanoparticles provide improved retention time and a method of targeting specific cells or tissues within the body.       Human clinical trial of investigational calcification inhibitor generates promising results   Cardiovascular calcification is a major health concern in patients with kidney failure undergoing hemodialysis.       Study highlights need for population-specific precision medicine programs in Latin America   Drug safety and effectiveness vary greatly among populations worldwide. Genetics is one of the factors that contribute to variability in drug response.       Study shows how fingerprint-based drug screening works on the living and deceased   New research published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology shows how fingerprint-based drug screening can not only screen for the presence, or absence, of four classes of drugs of abuse, but that the technology also works when used by UK coroners to detect drugs in the sweat of fingerprint samples gathered from deceased individuals.       Study highlights opposite effects of gene following different types of environmental events   Researchers have discovered that the same gene which increases your risk of depression following financial stress as you grow older also reduces your chance of depression associated with friendship and relationships stresses when young- your social network.       Binge drinking history makes male and female mice react differently to stress, study shows   Researchers with the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Sciences University found that a history of binge drinking made male and female mice react differently to traumatic stress.

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