Eighteen-year-old Mark scrolls Instagram late at night, watching videos of fitness influencers showing off muscle gains and lifting the equivalent of a baby elephant off the gym floor.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
When we think about the side effects of medicines, we might think of nausea, fatigue or dizziness. But there’s another, lesser-known risk that can have lasting—and sometimes permanent—consequences: hearing loss. A wide range of prescription […]
More than half of a sample of unregulated anabolic–androgenic steroid products sold in Australia were mislabeled or mis-sold, according to Australian research. The team collected 28 anonymously donated steroid products and chemically analyzed them, finding […]
Urgent care visits are often associated with inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, glucocorticoids, and opioids, according to a research letter published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Patients prescribed drugs to help them lose weight may experience a rebound in weight gain after halting their prescription, finds a meta-analysis published in BMC Medicine.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Poisonings and deaths linked to the use of the local anesthetic lidocaine have nearly tripled in the US over the past decade, finds an analysis of National Poison Data System (NPDS) reports, published online in […]
Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds, they believe, could be used as antiviral drugs that work […]
Peter Mac researchers have discovered a powerful new drug combination that could offer hope to children and adults with certain subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
A major international study led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has confirmed that the drug used to prevent malaria in pregnancy continues to protect babies’ health, despite malaria parasites developing high levels of […]
A new study that examined older and newer medications to treat seizures has found that using some medications during pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of malformations at birth, or birth defects. The study […]
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