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Wastewater clues to illicit drug use

A new chemical analysis of sewage is revealing more detailed information than ever about drug abuse trends.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medications found to cause long term cognitive impairment of aging brain

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New chemistry technology promises more effective prescription drug therapies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto and Stanford and Columbia Universities have developed a way to measure the action and function of candidate prescription drugs on human cells, including the response ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A pregnant woman does not look like an olive

Replacing confusing language and icons on standard warnings labels for prescription medicine and listing only the most important warnings could make a big difference in how well patients understand the instructions that are ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies genes associated with binge drinking

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have identified two genes associated with binge drinking that may open doors to new, more effective treatments for excessive alcohol drinking. The scientists found that ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'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

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

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

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

'Micro shuttle' drug delivery could mean an end to regular dosing

Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists shed light on potential treatment for Gaucher's disease

In findings that advance scientists' understanding of a whole class of inherited disorders, a team from The Scripps Research Institute has shed light on a mechanism that enables a potential treatment for Gaucher's disease ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common Cold Symptoms Not Washed Away by Nose Irrigation

Washing out your nose with a spray or spout of salt water is safe and might even get you back to work sooner after a cold or acute sinus infection. However, there is not enough evidence to show that it can reduce your symptoms ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Investors to get Google records on online drug ads

(AP) -- A Delaware judge has given Google Inc. until April 9 to give a pension fund investors company documents involving what authorities said was the illegal online marketing of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers by ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is cannabis the answer to Booze Britain's problems?

Substituting cannabis in place of more harmful drugs may be a winning strategy in the fight against substance misuse. Research published in BioMed Central' open access Harm Reduction Journal features a poll of 350 cannab ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Erectile ills often just a symptom

Erectile dysfunction is a common topic today - at least for TV advertisers. The three main drugs - Viagra, Cialis, Levitra - each has a "signature" image.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

US aims at its deadliest drug problem: painkillers

(AP) -- The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly addictive prescription painkillers. They are killing more ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1