CDC Global via Flickr, CC license The science of epigenetics, or adaptive DNA changes in response to life stressors, may have revealed a new dynamic antimalarial drug. Plasmodium falciparum, Aka Palaria, remains the deadliest infectious disease in the face of humans, a position it has maintained for thousands of years because it causes hundreds of … Read more
Green Pharmaceuticals Presentation of the first new class of pain drugs approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in more than two decades. The FDA has approved the first drug in its class which targets moderate to severe acute pain in adults, without being addictive like opioids, which have been the level of … Read more
Lamar Odom. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Lamar OdomThe 2015 coma is still unclear — and the former NBA player still doesn’t know how a drink led to his hospitalization. “I remember it, but I don’t really remember it because I was in a coma,” Odom, 45, said of his near-death experience during the Monday, January 20, … Read more
A variety of sugary cereals that contain or formerly contained one or more food colorings – credit, Unsplash In a long-awaited decision, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week that it would ban the use of Red Dye No. 3 (RD3) in foods. Food companies have until 2027 to remove it, while pharmaceutical companies … Read more
Effects of lupus on the skin – credit Nephron, CC BY-SA 3.0 Using one method of treating cancer, a small study showed that people with lupus go into remission, so they can stop their usual treatment in just three months. The results have been hailed as a revolutionary advance in the treatment of lupus, a … Read more