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By 2050, an estimated 50% of the world's population will be nearsighted, and nearly a billion people will suffer from severe myopia. To understand this alarming trend, Langis Michaud is doing a thorough review of medical ...
Jan 24, 2026
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Australia has made major progress in curbing drunk driving. Decades of random breath testing, enforcement and powerful social media campaigns have cut alcohol-related road deaths significantly.
Nov 18, 2025
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The government's new mandate to carry out random oral-fluid roadside drug testing marks a milestone in New Zealand's road safety policy.
Nov 16, 2025
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As Halloween approaches, stories of witches and their potions resurface, often featuring eerie plants like belladonna, mandrake and mugwort. These botanicals, steeped in myth and folklore, have long been linked to spells ...
Oct 30, 2025
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If there are prediction models for who might be at risk of cancer or diabetes so that they can get attention before it's too late, why can't there be a predictor for overdoses? A new tool designed to help people who use stimulants ...
Oct 1, 2025
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A medication developed in the 1950s to treat Parkinson's disease may offer a powerful new tool in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), according to new research from the University of British Columbia.
Aug 12, 2025
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Scopolamine, more chillingly known as "devil's breath," is a drug with a dual identity. In medicine, it's used to prevent motion sickness and nausea. But in the criminal underworld, particularly in parts of South America, ...
Jul 2, 2025
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The illicit secrets are in the sewage.
Jul 1, 2025
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a medical robotic system to relieve a life-threatening tension pneumothorax in the chest cavity. The researchers are presenting the robotic solution at ...
Jun 24, 2025
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While the U.S. has recently seen a welcome downturn in drug overdose deaths, a new study from Northwestern Medicine is the first to pinpoint when the tide began to turn—identifying August 2023 as the national inflection ...
Jun 12, 2025
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