Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS £300 million every year – 40% of Brits admit to binning them
Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS £300 million every year - 40% of Brits admit binning unused medications, potentially wasting…
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Coronavirus booster vaccination also protects cancer patients
Coronavirus booster vaccination also protects cancer patients: People with cancer are often given immunosuppressive treatments that weaken their innate immune…
Scientists find link between antibiotics and colon cancer
Scientists find link between antibiotics and colon cancer: Scientists from the University of Aberdeen, NHS Grampian and Queen's University Belfast…
New data on drug metabolism and distribution in the eye
New data on drug metabolism and distribution in the eye: One of the most comprehensive ocular pharmacokinetic studies including metabolism…
A new photonic effect for accelerated drug discovery
Keeping up with the first law of robotics: A new photonic effect for accelerated drug discovery: Physicists at the University…
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and Parkinson Disease
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs do not seem to protect people with rheumatoid arthritis against Parkinson's disease. The autoimmune disorder rheumatoid arthritis…
Phage therapy to fight bacteria
Phage therapy to fight bacteria: New research from the University of Exeter has moved a step closer to harnessing viruses to…
COVID-19 nasal spray heads to clinical trial
An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the University…
Cannabis in medicine
Cannabis in medicine: enormous therapeutic potential but reliable studies still lacking: For more than twenty years now, international research into…
Reducing HIV risk for women
The first long-acting option to protect women from HIV, proven to reduce women's HIV risk, has been recommended for use…