Pharma
Pharma companies ‘bribed NHS doctors to use infected blood products’ that gave patients HIV and hepatitis C
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Letter from January 1981 shows hospital was offered £8,500 to buy US plasma Pharmaceutical companies have been accused of bribing NHS doctors to ...
Scientists Can Now See Inside a Single Cancer Cell
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A team in the UK has found a new window into cancer, thanks to a novel imaging technique that allows them to take ...
How Stress Could Make Cancer Spread
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New research in mice may pinpoint how chronic stress can fuel the spread of cancer. The study found evidence that stress can ...
New Weight Loss Drugs Show Promise in Reducing Opioid Cravings
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Medications used to treat diabetes and obesity may also show promise in reducing opioid cravings, recently released research suggests. The small study ...
Why Sugar-Free Candy Upsets Your Stomach
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If a pack of sugar-free gum has ever given you a nasty stomach ache, you might have your gut bacteria to blame. ...
Eruption of Scabies Infections Hits UK
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The UK is facing an eruption of scabies, an itchy skin infestation caused by mites. Dermatologists across the country are reporting a ...
Your Tastebuds Help Tell You When to Stop Eating, New Research Suggests
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Our mouths might help keep our hunger in check. A recent study found evidence in mice that our brains rely on two ...
‘Super Melanin’ Speeds Healing, Stops Sunburn, and More
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A team of scientists at Northwestern University has developed a synthetic version of melanin that could have a million and one uses. ...
Diarrhea-Causing ‘Crypto’ Parasites Are Surging in the UK
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The UK is currently dealing with an alarming rise of crypto—the diarrhea-causing intestinal parasite, not the baffling currency. In a report this ...
