Posts tagged “medicine”
Deadly Side Effects
I just saw a commercial for a new migraine medicine called Treximet. It is apparently the hottest new thing for bad headaches. The first side effect mentioned by the voice-over sounds just a little bit extreme, though. “Side effects may include sudden fatal heart attack …” Call me crazy, but I can’t imagine getting headaches
Drug Cocktail
I have a little drug cocktail now. It’s a combination of Flonase, Allegra, and the generic version of something called Duratuss. There’s no generic version of Allegra or Flonase, so it costs about $50 (after insurance) for the three for about a two-month supply. But it’s wonderful. Pharmaceuticals rock my world. I can – for
No More Periods, Period?
Should science eliminate menstruation?
Johns Hopkins
U.S. Suspends Human Research at Johns Hopkins After a Death The volunteer, Ellen Roche, died on June 2, a month after she inhaled an unapproved drug as part of a research study to examine the causes of asthma. Her lungs were destroyed, apparently by the chemical she inhaled, hexamethonium. She was 24 and a technician
Eat All You Want, Still Shed Pounds!
Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that if an enzyme called acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2, or ACC2, is blocked in mice, the animals can eat much more food than other mice and still weigh 10 percent to 15 percent less. The researchers said their findings could pave the way for the development of
Computer-mad Generation Has a Memory Crash
“It’s a type of brain dysfunction,” said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi, the university’s professor of neurobiology. “Young people today are becoming stupid.” And … in a completely unrelated story … Doctors amputate first human hand transplant: Hallam said for the first year, the right hand – which had belonged to a French motorcyclist killed in an accident
mini-camera for surgery
“The small intestine is a tube, so it really doesn’t matter which way the capsule is pointing.”