News tagged with pill
Pair call for public discourse on treating wastewater contaminated with birth control pill chemicals
(Phys.org) -- As people go about their daily lives, it’s easy to overlook the impact their lifestyle has on the environment. Resources are used and as a result of their use, certain elements are placed ...
May 24, 2012 |
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UC students design a better pill bottle for the blind and visually impaired
It’s easy to see that University of Cincinnati design students Alex Broerman and Ashley Ma are on to something with their new design and prototype for a prescription-medicine pill bottle that better serves ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Continuous drug manufacturing offers speed, lower costs
Traditional drug manufacturing is a time-consuming process. Active pharmaceutical ingredients are synthesized in a chemical manufacturing plant and then shipped to another site, where they are converted into ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Integrative Way: Hope for menopausal symptoms
As many women know, the Women's Health Initiative Study from 2002 showed that estrogen was not the dream treatment for menopausal symptoms that we once thought it was; estrogen treatment after menopause, especially when combined ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Slime mold prefers sleeping pills
In a new paper published in Nature Precedings, Andrew Adamatzky from the University of the West of England shows that slime molds like Physarum polycephalum prefers sleeping pills and their sedative effects over ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Study: Flaxseed doesn't reduce women's hot flashes
Women looking for a natural remedy for a common menopause problem have a disappointment: A new study has found that eating flaxseed does not curb hot flashes.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 05, 2011 |
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US reviews birth control pill safety over clot risk
The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it is reviewing recently published studies which have pointed to an increased blood clot risk associated with a certain type of birth control pill.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 31, 2011 |
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Indian newlyweds offered cash to delay having children
While countries like Japan, Canada and Australia hand out "baby bonuses" to encourage people to have children, couples in one part of India are getting cash to do just the opposite.
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills
(AP) -- The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government's role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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So far, risk low from radiation in food in Japan
(AP) -- Radiation-tainted spinach from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors may sound scary, but here's a reality check: Even if any made it to stores there, you'd have to be Popeye to eat enough to worry.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Study shows polypill to be safe and accepted by physicians and patients in developing countries
For a patient at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), keeping up with what pills to take at different times of the day can be tedious. Window sills lined with prescription bottles – a pill for cholesterol, another ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Radiation risks to health: A joint statement from leading scientific experts
The growing concern surrounding the release of radiation from an earthquake and tsunami-stricken nuclear complex in Japan has raised fears of radiation exposure to populations in North America from the potential plume of ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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US detects 'minuscule' radioactivity from Japan
A radiation monitor in California detected a "minuscule" amount of an isotope from Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, officials said Friday, but insisted it was of no concern.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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US boosts radiation monitoring in western states
The United States is deploying extra radiation monitors to western US outposts Alaska, Hawaii and Guam to detect any fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official said Thursday.
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Fears of health risks rise amid Japan crisis
(AP) -- Fears about health risks rose dramatically in Japan Tuesday with news of a greater radiation release and renewed warnings to remaining residents within 20 miles to stay indoors.
Mar 15, 2011 |
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