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medicine
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Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus: Are we losing sight of overall health? Here’s what the science says
New treatments for Type 2 diabetes and obesity cannot replace healthy lifestyle habits. (Shutterstock) Aude Bandini, Université de…
Debunking 5 myths about antidepressants
Some people may be hesitant to take antidepressants because of enduring myths about their use. (Shutterstock) Natalina Salmaso,…
Six surprising things about placebos everyone should know
esoxx/Shutterstock Jeremy Howick, University of Leicester Placebos have been studied more than any treatment in the history of…
Nobel Prize Honors Scientists Behind COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Breakthrough
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has jointly awarded…
Rickets Changed How We Understood Medicine. Here’s How.
Few diseases claim to have left their mark on medicine the same way rickets does. A severe vitamin…
Lying down, sitting, leaning over? What science says about the best way to take your medicine
Shutterstock Elise Schubert, University of Sydney; Nial Wheate, University of Sydney, and Tina Hinton, University of Sydney When…
5 drugs that changed the world (and what went wrong)
Shutterstock Philippa Martyr, The University of Western Australia It’s hard to measure the impact of any one drug…
Many drugs can’t withstand stomach acid – a new delivery method could lead to more convenient medications
A new polymer could help the medicine go down easier. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Khatcher O. Margossian,…
How do drugs know where to go in the body? A pharmaceutical scientist explains why some medications are swallowed while others are injected
While pills come in many shapes and sizes, they all eventually reach your bloodstream and travel throughout your…
Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Paralysis Now Reversible In Mice Via a New Revolutionary Drug
A 2021 data sheet from the US National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center showed that there are about…