Over the years, fruit bats have evolved to prevent their sugar-rich diet from becoming harmful. Rather, it’s imperative to their health.
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Researchers set out to investigate if human beliefs can modulate brain activities in a way comparable to the dose-dependent effects of pharmacology. They found a high level of precision in how beliefs can influence the human brain.
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A new study shows that private insurers that sponsor Medicare Part D are artificially inflating the costs of certain generic drugs by overpaying pharmacies.
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Researchers have reversed the evolution of a class of antibiotics to gain insights for the development of new drugs.
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Guidance stated that insulin, an essential medicine for those with diabetes, must be kept refrigerated to preserve its efficacy. However, in many countries, electricity and refrigeration remain unavailable.
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Aspirin, morphine and some chemotherapies are examples of drugs that are derived from natural compounds produced by plants.
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To investigate how medications affect men and women differently, a team of scientists developed computer simulations of livers and used them to examine sex-specific differences in the response to drugs.
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In a sample from Ethiopia, 8.2% of drug-resistant malaria parasites carried deletions of the protein-expressing gene that rapid diagnostic blood tests use for detection.
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Analysis of data from more than 1 million inpatients identifies nearly 4,000 drug pairings that are associated with more frequent dosage adjustments when prescribed together—potentially hinting at previously undiscovered drug interactions.
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After a nearly threefold drop in prescriptions for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin between 2015 and 2021, the rates of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli bacteria circulating in the community did not decline.
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A new drug offers a breakthrough world first treatment for Lipoprotein(a), a largely genetic form of cholesterol that increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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A new study shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 times since 2009, and subsequent circulation in swine has resulted in the evolution of pdm09 variants that then jumped from swine to humans.
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A common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis—which can help the elderly bounce back faster from injury or illness.
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Drugs used to treat rare conditions are earning pharmaceutical companies almost as much as those marketed to the general public.
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A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for our understanding of how the process goes wrong in type 2 diabetes.
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