Q&A: Can you use medicine and prescriptions past the expiration date?
When a headache calls and the only ibuprofen in the house is a bottle that is expired, is it worth a trip out to replace it?
Oct 24, 2023
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Naphthacenes
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Tooth whitening: Expert help on getting a brighter smile
People want whiter teeth, surveys show, and the American Dental Association (ADA) has some advice on how to accomplish that.
Oct 20, 2023
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CDC aims to recommend an antibiotic after sex to help prevent sexually transmitted infections
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to recommend use of a powerful antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections.
Oct 2, 2023
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US health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a 'morning-after pill' against STDs
U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases.
Oct 2, 2023
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Young cancer survivors in Europe get increased post-cure help
As medical advances in oncology enable more patients to beat tumors, greater attention is being paid to secondary effects from treatment.
Sep 25, 2023
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New drug delivery system has potential to improve cancer treatments
A team of biomedical engineers from Brown University has developed a new hydrogel-based delivery system that balances the acidic environment in a tumor and greatly enhances the cancer-fighting activity of the chemotherapeutic ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Combining potent cancer drugs in a single multitargeting molecule
To give cancer treatments the greatest possible chance of success, patients are often treated with multiple drugs that attack the cancer using different mechanisms. A team of researchers has now combined three highly potent ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Resistance to antibiotics in northern Nigeria: What bacteria are prevalent, and which drugs work against them
Antimicrobial resistance—the ability of microorganisms to resist drugs that have been developed to control them—is a severe problem in African countries. The continent has the highest global burden of antimicrobial-resistant ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Study finds higher breast cancer risk after certain forms of childhood cancer treatment
Three out of four children with cancer are successfully treated and survive the disease. But the treatment, which often consists of a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, can cause serious side effects and ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Intracellular recycling: The key to surviving potent anti-cancer drugs
A cell contains many specialized subunits, called organelles, that carry out important tasks such as energy generation, protein synthesis, and calcium outflux. But what happens when something goes wrong with one of the organelles?
Aug 31, 2023
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