Pharmacology

Resveratrol: The Compound Behind All Those 'Red Wine Is Good For You' Stories

The grape escape. Shutterstock By Mohit Kumar Jolly, Rice University ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 22 2014 - 7:30pm

Pain Relief, Without All Of The Fake Medical Marijuana Prescriptions

Medical marijuana usage has been proliferating across the United States, primarily due to claims about pain management, but the demographics are baffling. Though women have 60 percent of medical visits for pain, 80 percent of medical marijuana prescription ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2015 - 10:46am

Cat Noses, Beards And All The Other Places Scientists Are Looking For New Antibiotics

Many of the drugs we use in hospitals, such as antibiotics, antifungals and anti-cancer drugs, are produced by bacteria that live in the soil beneath our feet. ...

Article - Matt Hutchings - Mar 22 2016 - 6:37am

Will Female Viagra Be An FDA Boner?

since they are all pretty much the same. If one doesn't work, neither will the others.) (I have ...

Article - Josh Bloom - May 29 2015 - 5:13pm

8 More Years Of Life From Glucosamine? Puhhleaze

taken at face value, you would have to believe that at week 128 something happened all at once to give ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Apr 15 2014 - 5:19pm

HuffPo, Hep C, And Che Guevara

expansive than any drug) for denial of service for patients who have to pay for some or all of their costs ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Aug 19 2015 - 4:01pm

Take This Rx IQ Test If You Wonder About Pharmaceutical Companies And Health Care Reform

safety. Merck’s response was to: Learn all it could about the data and invite the researcher to help ...

Article - Greg Critser - Aug 6 2009 - 5:41pm

Killer Nail Polish, Meadowlark Lemon, And Bocce Balls

pertains to research. The Washington Generals,  apparently  tired of losing virtually all of the estimated ...

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

Kratom Is Unsafe As An Herbal Supplement, Finds New Review Of Poison Centers Data

Scientists know it is a drug because it acts on all kinds of receptors. Kratom most commonly caused agitation ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2024 - 8:27am

Why I Wasn't Excited About That Medieval Remedy For MRSA

Anglo-Saxon condition called “flying venom”? All sorts. Paul Walker from Cyril Bunt, 1955, CC BY-SA In the ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 9 2015 - 5:00pm