(Getty Images/CatherineL-Prod) (NEWSER) – Two drugs—one to treat hair loss, the other to shrink enlarged prostates—could wreak havoc on men’s sexual...
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Popular hair-loss drug Propecia could be linked to long-term mojo meltdown
A new study suggests that Propecia might solve one problem, only to cause another that persists for longer than you’d...
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Ingestible origami robot
Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach. In experiments involving a simulation of...
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New Material Regrows Bone
A schematic representation of the experimental design. A team of researchers repaired a hole in a mouse’s skull by regrowing...
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Bowel cancer medication could help combat early-onset Parkinson’s disease
People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease could potentially benefit from taking a medication used to treat certain forms...
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Older women taking statins face higher risk of diabetes
Older women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes Older Australian women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face...
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Old gut stem cells made to grow like young ones in a dish
This photograph shows villi from an older gut. Intestines experience a lot of wear and tear. Without the stalwart stem...
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The robot you can EAT: Tiny machine made of gelatin could crawl into your stomach to deliver medicine
Swiss scientists have created the first part of a soft digestible robot Experts could train these robots to walk to...
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Study indicates promising new approach to prevent and treat cholesterol gallstones
Activation of constitutive androstane receptors (CARs) reduces biliary cholesterol and prevents stone formation according to a new report in The...
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Dual-drug combination shows promise against diabetic eye disease in animal model
A two-drug cocktail provided better protection against diabetes-related vision loss than a single drug during testing in rat models, a...