Pharmacology

Killer Nail Polish, Meadowlark Lemon, And Bocce Balls

The Harlem Globetrotters  had very little to worry about. After all, they had won 2,499 straight exhibition games against their foils, the Washington Generals. What could possibly go wrong?  ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Oct 28 2015 - 12:29pm

Ivermectin: Anti-Parasite Drug Could Have Second Act Fighting Malaria

Ivermectin, a workhorse of a drug that a few weeks ago earned its developers a Nobel prize for its success in treating multiple tropical diseases, is showing early promise as a novel and desperately needed tool for interrupting malaria transmission, accor ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2015 - 8:57pm

Painkiller Addicts Who Use Heroin Climb In Numbers

A new survey of 15,000 patients at drug-treatment centers in 49 statesshows that drug abusers are not completely abandoning prescription opioids for heroin. Instead, many use the two concurrently based on their availability. The findings also reveal regio ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2015 - 7:51am

Vitamin D Linked To Better Exercise Performance, Less Heart Disease

Vitamin D supplements have been linked tp everything but improved exercise performance in 2015- and a preliminary study presented today at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Edinburgh took care of that. Plus claiming this supplement will l ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 2 2015 - 7:12am

We Really, Really Need To Focus On Dietary Supplement Safety

One organization and one law, the federal government's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (formerly the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) and the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (D ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2015 - 7:30am

Drugs Could Help Lazy People Exercise

Want to be an athlete but think it is too much work? Psychoactive drugs may be the answer. Let's face it, exercise is a lot of work. Our ancestors worked all of the time and they lived to be 35 so we have clearly evolved to be lazy. Effort is the lar ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2015 - 1:01pm

Chemsex- A Little-Discussed Public Health Issue Among Gays In The UK

Chemsex, the unfortunately chosen term for sex under the influence of illegal drugs (unfortunate because it connotes chemistry with illegal, when love is clearly a chemistry event in the brain)- needs to become a public health priority, argue experts in T ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2015 - 7:06am

Yes- A Colonoscopy Is Fun: Here's Why

Betcha that got your attention. I hope so. Because, even though the title may sound like the essence of juvenile stupidity, if you read this—if only to see what the hell I'm talking about—it could save your life. And, no— I'm NOT kidding about th ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Nov 7 2015 - 7:21pm

Thiazide Risky For Mice With Congestive Heart Failure

Thiazide is a popular diuretic for lowering high blood pressure but may not excrete salt as expected in patients with congestive heart failure and or dehydration and should be taken with caution, according to a study in mouse models presented at a meeting ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2015 - 8:57pm

Canada Consumes More Painkillers Than Other Countries- And They're The Source Of Addiction For Most Women

The opioid addiction for more than half of female methadone clinic patients began with painkillers prescribed by doctors, according to a paper in Biology of Sex Differences. More than half (52%) of women and a third (38%) of men reported doctor-prescribed ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2015 - 7:39am