Drug side effects

HIV infection, even with antiretroviral therapy, appears to damage a growing child’s brain

October 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

HIV-positive children who started ART by the age of 18 months show ongoing disruptions in white matter development, shows a study in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy [...]

Personalized treatment for chronic pain relief?

September 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

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A study of antidepressant drugs used to treat chronic pain, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, shows that some individuals might better tolerate certain side effects than others, pointing the way for personalized medicine. [...]

Preventing childhood deafness following treatment with life-saving cancer drugs

September 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

Reducing childhood hearing loss from chemotherapy drug cisplatin

A new way to deliver steroids to the inner ear reduces hearing loss caused by chemotherapy, finds a study in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. [...]

Preventing long-term effects after drug holidays in cancer patients

March 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Computer modelling suggests that drug combinations could protect from long-term drug level reductions in certain patients after a break from anti-cancer drug. [...]