Drug cocktail could help parasite victims: study
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Using a cocktail of drugs may help doctors more effectively treat three of the world's most common parasitic diseases, researchers working in Zanzibar reported on Wednesday.
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Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs has succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization is reporting today.
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The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa and tropical regions of the Americas, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.
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It recalls a solution that might be linked to a rare infection.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug  which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle has given a $43 million dollars grant to aid in the development of a genetically engineered form of a Chinese herbal drug that is thought to be effective in curing malaria.
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A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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A four-drug cocktail isn't any better for treating newly diagnosed HIV infection than the standard three-drug regimen, according to a study that followed 765 patients for three years.
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Temporary increases in HIV levels do not generally mean a drug losing its effectiveness, research finds.
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Patients with Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, who do not respond to conventional treatment, may get symptom relief by swallowing parasite eggs.
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A vaccine now in clinical trials gets the body's immune system to attack cocaine when it's introduced, thereby killing the desire for it, say researchers who believe they have found a cure for the addiction.
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An experimental vaccine can slash the risk that children will get malaria, apparently offering the first effective way to inoculate youngsters against one of the world&#39;s biggest
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Patients with Crohn&#39;s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, who do not respond to conventional treatment, may get symptom relief by swallowing parasite eggs.
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BEIJING (dpa) - Chinese and Thai scientists have developed a herbal anti-AIDS drug that proved effective in 89 per cent of cases during clinical trials, Chinese state media said on Sunday.
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A four-year study is to test if treatment for tuberculosis can be speeded up using a combination of drugs.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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A therapeutic vaccine found to significantly strengthen the immune system against HIV infection as a complement to the protease-inhibitor AIDS &quot;cocktail&quot; has been developed by a research team at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem&#39;s Ein Kerem