Medical research
Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use
Regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
Jan 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Details emerge on unexplained illness in AstraZeneca COVID vaccine trial
New details surfaced on Thursday on an unexplained neurological condition that struck a volunteer who was participating in AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine trial.
Sep 18, 2020
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Medications
Current anti-COVID pills work well against omicron, but antibody drugs are less effective
The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study.
Jan 26, 2022
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Medications
New syringe technology could enable injection of highly concentrated biologic drugs
MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes.
Aug 24, 2020
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Medications
High drug prices are not justified by industry's research and development spending, argue experts
High drug prices are not justified by industry's spending on research and development (R&D), argue experts in The BMJ today.
Feb 15, 2023
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Medications
Less than a third of heavily advertised drugs have 'high therapeutic value': study
Television ads for drugs are filled with glowing images of people living their best lives, all thanks to that new med they've been prescribed.
Jan 19, 2023
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Medical research
Antiviral peptide prevents SARS-CoV-2 from infecting host cells
Emory Vaccine Center researchers say they have identified the Achilles heel of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Sep 26, 2023
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Medications
Does America have the cure for high drug costs?
Soaring prices for everything from cancer treatments to hepatitis C pills that cost more than $100,000 have sparked outcry in the United States in recent years, but calls for change have gone largely unheeded.
Sep 23, 2015
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Health informatics
Seeing double: Using virtual twins to help personalize medicine
Digital twins—virtual doubles of things in the real world—was an idea born in 2002 as a way of looking at the lifespan of products, like space rockets and jet engines, enabling repairs remotely and helping to predict ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Health
Where's the salt? Hidden in your Thanksgiving menu
(AP) -- No need for a salt shaker on the Thanksgiving table: Unless you really cooked from scratch, there's lots of sodium already hidden in the menu.
Nov 21, 2011
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