Drug : Science World Report

Jun 25, 2013 11:48 AM EDT

'Love Drug' Hormone Oxytocin Helps Fight Mood Disorders

A new study suggests that escaping a stressful situation might just make it worse. Instead, fight those feelings with the help of some good friends and loved ones with the rise of oxytocin levels that might improve those feelings of frustration, exhaustion and defeat.

Jun 18, 2013 10:38 AM EDT

New Alzheimer's Drug Boosts Lost Brain Synapses: NitroMemantine Works in Hours

There's a new drug out there that may help Alzheimer's patients in the near future. An experimental drug, called NitroMemantine, boosts brain synapses lost in Alzheimer's disease.

Jun 17, 2013 06:23 PM EDT

Laws Against Psychoactive Drugs Amount to Scientific Censorship, Researchers Complain

The outlawing of psychoactive drugs amounts to the worst case of scientific censorship in modern times, a group of leading scientists have argued.

Jun 01, 2013 07:14 PM EDT

New Drug Helps Shrink Tumors in Rare Eye Cancer

Scientists believe that the help of a new drug could shrink tumors in a very rare type of cancer.

May 22, 2013 08:39 AM EDT

Vitamin C Kills Drug-Resistant TB Bacteria

Vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

May 21, 2013 05:12 PM EDT

Drug That Reduces Hunger Could Prevent Brain Aging

Researchers believe a drug that staves off hunger may be able to prolong lifespan.

May 14, 2013 10:38 AM EDT

New Drug Shown to Slow Memory Deficits and Alzheimer's in Mice, Could it Work in Humans?

A drug developed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may be helpful reversing memory deficits and slowing Alzheimer's disease in aged mice following short-term treatment.

May 07, 2013 01:23 PM EDT

Infusions with Gammagard, Drug Used for Alzheimer's, Do Not Halt Advancement of Disease

A drug that was used to slow Alzheimer's disease has failed to slow mental decline or preserve physical function.

Feb 09, 2013 08:42 PM EST

Alzheimer Preventing Drug Developed

Scientists developed a drug against Alzheimer's that reduces the amount of the accompanying plaques in the brain by a third and more than doubles the number of new nerve cells in a particular region of the brain associated with memory. Professor David Allsop and Dr Mark Taylor at Lancaster Universit...