If you were an astronaut nursing a monster headache en route to Mars, and the painkillers had run out 20 million miles back, you’d want a supply of synthetic cells handy to crank out some fresh pills. That’s the kind of future College of Biological Sciences researcher Kate Adamala is out to build. She belongs to a...
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12 Medications That Cause Hair Loss
Written by Austin Ulrich, PharmD, BCACP Reviewed by Alyssa Billingsley, PharmD Updated on April 28, 2022 “Rattankun Thongbun”/iStock via Getty Images If you or someone you know has experienced hair loss, you know how distressing this condition can be. Even though it’s not a life-threatening problem, it can harm your self-image and quality of life....
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Circadian rhythm may influence how well medications work and how much they might harm you
by Tobias Eckle, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain All living organisms on Earth are exposed to a 24-hour day-night cycle. This cycle is the reason why people rest during the darkness of night and are active during the light of day. Consequently, all human body functions also follow this daily rhythm, and the timing...
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Common prostate cancer medications may be less safe than previously thought
Men taking either of the two most common oral medications for advanced prostate cancer who had also undergone hormone therapy to treat their disease were at higher risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues than patients who were only receiving hormone therapy, Michigan Medicine researchers found. Patients taking abiraterone had 1.77 times the risk of...
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Genital warts treatment: Causes, diagnosis, and medications
Genital warts treatments include topical medications, such as creams and ointments, and surgical procedures, including freezing, excision, and laser removal. Genital warts occur due to the human papillomavirus (HPV), for which there is no cure, so these warts may return after treatment. Genital warts, also called condylomata acuminata, are warts that appear as small bumps...
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About 1 in 8 anaphylaxis cases thought to be caused by medications
by Medical Journal of Australia Credit: Pixelumina Photography on Unsplash Medications were implicated in 12% of Victorian public and private emergency department presentations with anaphylaxis, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia. “From 1 November 2018, the Victorian Department of Health Department of Health and Human Services listed anaphylaxis as a notifiable...
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5 Medications That Can Interact With Dairy Products
Written by Kaylea Swearingen, PharmD | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Published on August 31, 2021 Key takeaways: When combined with certain medications, dairy products can affect how a medication works in your body — potentially making it less effective. Certain antibiotics and osteoporosis medications are more commonly associated with potential dairy product interactions, but...
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Is it true that new medications treat obesity?
by Kathy Katella, Yale University “Obesity is a complex metabolic disease with a clear biological basis, and we can treat it with targeted therapy aimed at the biology,” says Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, a Yale Medicine adult and pediatric endocrinologist. Credit: Anthony DeCarlo There is no magic pill that will cure obesity, a condition that affects...
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Older MS patients who discontinue medications experience worsening of their disease
by Ellen Goldbaum, University at Buffalo Credit: BruceBlaus/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 In recent years, new drugs to treat multiple sclerosis have significantly improved both the quality of life and longevity for patients with MS. Many of them now live well into their 60s and70s, a significant improvement from just a generation ago when few...
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Four commonly used medications reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE (IRB BARCELONA) IMAGE: DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FLOWCHART CREDIT: IRB BARCELONA Barcelona, 27 October 2021,- Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in Western societies and it is estimated that 24 million people worldwide have this condition. ICREA researcher Dr. Patrick Aloy, head of the Structural Bioinformatics and Network...