You’d assume that a medicine you can buy without a prescription at any pharmacy, big-box retailer, or grocery store is completely safe, right? But as more research comes out, we’re learning that over-the-counter (OTC) drugs can come with a long list of potentially dangerous side effects. The latest such study shows that two very popular and very common pain meds …
Read More »Most UTIs, or urinary tract infections, are anything but subtle. When you’ve got one, you constantly feel like you need to pee even if you just went, it burns when you go and your urine looks suspiciously cloudy. UTIs are also quite common: More than 50% of women will deal with at least one in their lifetime, and what’s worse …
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In the last year, there has been a surge in proteins developed by AI that will eventually be used in the treatment of everything from snakebites to cancer. What would normally take decades for a scientist to create — a custom-made protein for a particular disease — can now be done in seconds. For the first time, Australian scientists have …
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