A study has shed new light on the mechanisms behind idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (myositis), a group of ... strategies to prevent serum-induced muscle weakness by enhancing muscle stress ...

In 2021, there were 2,231 drug-induced deaths, 75 per cent of which were unintentional, according to the Penington Institute. Opioids are the most common drug in unintentional deaths, contributing ...

Objectives Dermatomyositis (DM) has been consistently linked to the ... and the relationship between PKR and IFN-β-induced pathogenic molecules was investigated in vitro. Results Bioinformatics ...

But a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics highlights that accessing these necessary drugs isn’t always simple — about 1 in 5 older ...

Members of my lab are interested in how hormones act in the brain to influence response to drugs of abuse. This student was engaged in primarily archival research on this topic. During her time ...

Conclusion: Our study provides a list of drugs potentially associated with drug-induced constipation (DIC). This could potentially inform clinicians about some alternative medications to consider when ...

There are now at least three accidental drug overdose deaths per week - often coming from people mixing different drugs. Illustration / Paul Slater A new report shows three Kiwis – and rising ...

One of the doctors charged in the drug-related death of actor Matthew Perry last year has appeared in a US court. Mark Chavez was bailed at the hearing in Los Angeles on Friday during which he ...

The total number of deaths caused by illicit, toxic drugs in British Columbia since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016 has now surpassed 15,000. On Friday, the B.C ...

AMSTERDAM—Organized crime used to be considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violence by criminal gangs is now rattling the peace in some of the world’s safest ...

That has meant turning from tracking infections to tracking illicit and high-risk drug use. Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter ...