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Category Archives: Health

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a new law banning abortion pills, making it the first state to pass an explicit ban on such pills since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. Although 13 states previously had blanket...

By Steve Weichel on Mar 18th, 2023

Over 84 million Americans currently rely on Medicaid, a government-sponsored health insurance program for low-income individuals and families. However, as states begin to check eligibility for Medicaid for the first time in three years,...

By Steve Weichel on Feb 27th, 2023
hydroxychloroquine

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the new coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially...

By admin on May 19th, 2020
Control of Your Health

Amid the stressful environment caused by the novel coronavirus, you’re probably tempted to eat lots of junk food and sit on the couch all day doing work or binge-watching TV. While this lifestyle is attractive at first, your body quickly rejects...

By admin on May 13th, 2020
Blood pressure

To get the best out of your daily blood pressure medication, take it just before you go to bed, say researchers. It’s a simple tip that could save lives, they say in the European Heart Journal. The pills offer more protection against...

By Howard Johnson on Oct 24th, 2019
Pam Foley

A cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year worldwide if it was routinely given to people brought into hospital with head injuries, UK doctors say. Tranexamic acid helps stop bleeding in and around the...

By Howard Johnson on Oct 15th, 2019
Prostate drug

A drug used to treat enlarged prostates may be a powerful medicine against Parkinson’s disease, according to an international team of scientists. Terazosin helps ease benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by relaxing the muscles of the bladder...

By Howard Johnson on Sep 17th, 2019
Heart Problems

A daily pill containing four medicines can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third, a study shows. The polypill contains blood-thinning aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure. The researchers...

By Steve Weichel on Aug 24th, 2019
Bladder cancer

A strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells, a small study suggests. All signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was evidence that cancer cells had died. University of Surrey researchers...

By Steve Weichel on Jul 7th, 2019
Gene-Modified Viruses

Doctors normally resort to bacteriophages (bacteria-killing viruses) to kill antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” only when they’ve run out of options, in part because it’s difficult to find the ideal example. It can take...

By Howard Johnson on May 13th, 2019