The Food and Drug Administration, making good on a Trump administration promise to examine the usage of antidepressants, on July 21 convened a panel largely of antidepressant skeptics to discuss the health impacts of taking […]
Ivermectin administered to the whole population significantly reduces malaria transmission, offering new hope in the fight against the disease.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Hepatitis B virus, a killer of more than one million people each year, is a notoriously wily virus, often lingering and resurfacing even after treatment. But, thanks to a new class of drugs, its luck […]
Despite evidence of the risk of malformations at birth, or birth defects, use of some antiseizure drugs during pregnancy has persisted, according to a study published in Neurology.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Low doses of the injectable weight-loss medication semaglutide may improve symptoms of a hard-to-treat type of heart failure. This effect happened through direct action on the heart muscle and blood vessels, despite resulting in no […]
Pharmaceutical scientists, clinicians, nurses and pharmacists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Hospital (NUH) have shown that a reduced dose of abiraterone acetate is potentially as effective and safe as the […]
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
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