While intravenous chemotherapy can be life-saving, it can also be inconvenient and potentially painful. The individual has to go to
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Certain blood pressure drugs linked to increased risk of lung cancer
Use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor drugs (ACEIs) to lower blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of lung
Continue reading »‘Stress Hormone’ Tied to Worse Memory in Middle Age
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24, 2018 — Middle-aged people with higher-than-average levels of the “stress” hormone cortisol may have fuzzier memories, a
Continue reading »Can eating organic food lower your cancer risk? Hard to prove
A new, much-ballyhooed study showing that the most avid consumers of organic food had fewer cancers than those who never
Continue reading »Nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx aims to cure a health care system ailment
Several years ago, drug shortages became headline news when supplies of three different drugs used to treat childhood cancers were
Continue reading »The HPV vaccine: Why parents really choose to refuse
A new study of survey data finds that only a minority of parents choose not to immunize their children against
Continue reading »Painkillers during pregnancy lead to early puberty in girls
The more weeks a woman takes pain-reliving medication during pregnancy, the earlier their daughters enter puberty. This is shown by
Continue reading »How to help protect yourself from vaccine administration injury
A study by researchers at the University of Waterloo reiterates the need for health care professionals, including pharmacists, to take
Continue reading »Neurons reliably respond to straight lines
Single neurons in the brain’s primary visual cortex can reliably detect straight lines, even though the cellular makeup of the
Continue reading »Sydneysiders' secret desire to sing – without the commitment
Many Sydneysiders either don’t sing, or they sing only in secret. Singing was once part of everyday life, but it
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