News articles tagged with 'minocycline'
Antibiotic appears safe for stroke patients and good companion for tPA
— 14 Sep 2010 11:04 | HealthAn antibiotic appears to be a safe treatment for stroke and a good companion therapy for tPA, the clot buster that is currently the only FDA-approved drug therapy, researchers report…
Parents report a widely prescribed antibiotic is effective for fragile X treatment
— 9 Sep 2010 12:15 | HealthOne of the antibiotics most commonly prescribed to treat adolescent acne can increase attention spans and communication and decrease anxiety in patients with fragile X syndrome, the…
Antibiotic may reduce stroke risk and injury in diabetics
— 23 Aug 2010 17:57 | HealthA daily dose of an old antibiotic may help diabetics avoid a stroke or at least minimise its damage, Medical College of Georgia researchers report. Minocycline, a drug already under…
Acne drug prevents HIV breakout
— 20 Mar 2010 14:46 | HealthJohns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus…
Antibiotic may be new stroke treatment
— 6 Oct 2009 18:47 | HealthThe antibiotic minocycline may revolutionise the treatment of strokes. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience, describes the safety and therapeutic efficacy…
Study suggests antibiotic may prevent dreaded brain fever
— 20 Feb 2008 12:02 | HealthTwo researchers from National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) suggest that a common antibiotic called minocycline may prevent children from death due to Japanese encephalitis (JE), or…
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