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Spironolactone, a potassium-sparing diuretic typically used to treat heart failure and hypertension, has shown promise for alcohol use disorder, a common condition with few treatment options.

Substance abuse and addiction represent a significant public health problem that impacts multiple dimensions of society, including healthcare, the economy, and the workforce. In 2021, over 100,000 drug overdose deaths were reported in the US, with an alarming increase in fatalities related to opioids and psychostimulants. Understanding the fundamental gene regulatory mechanisms underlying addiction and related behaviors could facilitate more effective treatments. To explore how repeated drug exp...

The self-administered spray using a calcium-channel blocker, seen as faster-acting than a pill-in-the-pocket, usually terminated multiple bouts of the arrhythmia over months of use in a cohort study.

Background: High-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) vaccines may increase vaccine acceptance and use. We aimed to ascertain whether professional immunizers (PIs) and other healthcare workers (HCWs) in Australia, a High-Income Country (HIC), found the HD-MAP applicator usable and acceptable for vaccine delivery. Methods: This feasibility study recruited PIs and HCWs to administer/receive simulated HD-MAP administration, including via self-administration. We assessed usability against essential and...

Dublin, Feb. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Delivery Systems for Repositioning IV Therapeutics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's...

Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative

Northeast Syria ‘overwhelmed’ by COVID-19 spike, test shortage    12 Hours Medical workers oversee the disinfection of streets in order to halt the spread of the coronavirus in the northern Syrian city of Qamishli. (Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) warned on Thursday that the combination of elevated coronavirus infection numbers and a scarcity of kits to test for the deadly disease ar...

Kirsty.Cameron [at] rescue.org Amman, Jordan, April 27, 2021 — A severe shortage of testing supplies and oxygen in northeast Syria is putting the region’s COVID-19 response in serious jeopardy, warns the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The COVID lab in Qamishli - which is the only COVID-19 lab run by the Self Administration in the northeast - could be forced to stop COVID testing in less than 7 days due to a critical shortage of RNA extraction kits. This would have a devastating impa...

NE Syria: As COVID surges, hospitals face acute O2 shortage and testing is in jeopardy; IRC makes urgent call for more funding and support to boost COVID response Format Amman, Jordan, April 27, 2021 — A severe shortage of testing supplies and oxygen in northeast Syria is putting the region’s COVID-19 response in serious jeopardy, warns the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The COVID lab in Qamishli - which is the only COVID-19 lab run by the Self Administration in the northeast - could...

Iraq to repatriate 500 families from Syrian camp holding thousands with ties to ISIS    1 Hours Families held in northern Syrias sprawling al-Hol camp prepare to be transfered to another location. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Preparations are underway for Baghdad to repatriate 500 families, the Iraqi parents of which are suspected of affiliation to the Islamic State, three years after initial plans to transfer them stalled, said a spokesperson for the Kurdish-le...