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11/21/2024 08:08:28 pm

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Drug Found In Chinese Herbs Seen To Effectively Treat Ebola

A drug commonly found in traditional Chinese medicines has been found to effectively treat Ebola virus.

Drug Addiction

Vancouver Gives Addicts Prescription Heroin Treatment

Vancouver has reportedly given prescription heroin to addicted patients and they are the first country in North America to do such a revolutionary treatment program.

Kai Ko

Kai Ko Avoids Jail, Set To Undergo Drug Rehab

Taiwanese actor Kai Ko has avoided jail time for now as the Taipei District Prosecutors Office on Wednesday granted his request to undergo voluntary drug rehabilitation as a condition for deferred prosecution.

FDA

FDA Approves Akynzeo for Nausea, Vomiting from Chemotherapy Treatments

The United States Food and Drug Administration announced Friday in a press release that it has given the green light for the combination drug Akynzeo to treat nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

FDA

FDA Warns Public of Driving While Medicated

The common drugs in question include some types of nonprescription anti-diarrheals, antihistamines, and anti-nausea medicines.

A ball and stick model of epigallocatechin gallate, a common ingredient found in green tea.

Scientists Create Green Tea-Based Cancer-Seeking 'Missiles'

A group of researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have successfully developed nanocarriers that deliver medicine and eliminate cancer cells more efficiently by using one of the ingredients in green tea.

Joshua Steinbronn

Five Children Rescued from Iowa after Allegedly Being Locked Up for 24 Hours

Five children were rescued from an Iowa home after being locked inside a room for 24 hours without food or any access to a bathroom by their mother’s boyfriend, police reported on Monday.

A slide of a cancerous lung

New Cancer Drug Targets Lipid Messengers

Youhai Chen, PhD., MD., Svetlana Fayngerts, PhD., both from the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and their colleagues report that TIPE3, a newly described protein cancer-causing properties, promotes the disease by targeting upregulated chemical signals related to lipid metabolism.

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