News tagged with pills
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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Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners
There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility. However, is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman's ability to choose, ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Spider pill to seek out diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- A remotely controlled 'spider pill' with eight moving legs and a miniature camera may become the next tool of choice in diagnosing cancers of the stomach and colon.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 16, 2009 |
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The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation
When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who sm ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Magnetically controlled pill could boost body's absorption of drugs
Do you want that in a pill or a shot? A pill, thank you, but most patients never have that choice. The problem with administering many medications orally is that a pill often will not dissolve at exactly the right site in ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 17, 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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'Little purple pill' is under microscope
Dr. Marcus Thygeson once wrote his patients countless prescriptions for heartburn drugs such as Prevacid, Prilosec and Nexium -- the "little purple pills" of TV ads.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Rx for health: Engineers design pill that signals it has been swallowed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Call them tattletale pills. Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Research proves 'gender-bending' chemicals affect reproduction
New research has provided the first evidence that 'gender bending' chemicals which find their way from human products into rivers and oceans can have a significant impact on the ability of fish to breed in UK Rivers.
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Over the counter contraceptive pill will not reduce unplanned pregnancies, says expert
Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not reduce unwanted pregnancies, says an expert in an article published on bmj.com today.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 24, 2008 |
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50 years on, the pill still changes lives
On Sunday, men and women around the world will mark an event 50 years ago that revolutionized their lives -- the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the birth control pill.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 05, 2010 |
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To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Good Medicine Is a Polymer Pill
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where scientists have found ways both ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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US restricts, EU bans controversial diabetes pill (Update)
(AP) -- European regulators ordered the diabetes drug Avandia off the market and the Food and Drug Administration placed stringent restrictions on its use in the United States, saying heart attack risks associated with the ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Women on the pill may live longer
(AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.
Mar 12, 2010 |
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