Mebendazole a 2 Dollar Drug Shows Promise in Treating Pancreatic Cancer
Mebendazole, a drug already used for the treatment of parasitic infections, has shown in a study that it can mainly prevent metastases. The drug is also believed to have …
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Drug-Induced Obesity: A Comprehensive Review of Medications That Can Cause Weight Gain
Drugs have a wide array of uses in medicine. While most of the effects are systemically therapeutic, other less savory effects are possible. There may be bodily changes associated …
Police Fitness and Use of Force: What Research Says About Physical Readiness, Stress, and Officer Performance
Key Takeaways Physical fitness is an important part of police readiness and is associated with aspects of job performance and injury risk. Research does not establish that physically unfit …
People With Hemochromatosis Have an Increased Risk for Liver Cancer
A new scientific study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) states that people with hemochromatosis have a tenfold increased risk of developing liver cancer. Hemochromatosis …
Cultural Virginity Norms in Conservative Societies May Contribute to Higher Prevalence of Premarital Anal Sex
Importance of Virginity In many conservative societies, premarital sexual relationships are deemed immoral. Virginity is valued as a noble attribute, traditionally reserved for a lawful spouse at marriage. However, …
A New Approach to Treating Herpes Could Prevent Future Resistance to Treatments
A new approach to the treatment of all types of herpes has emerged, which gives hope for the development of an effective drug. Researchers at Lund University (Sweden) have …
New Techniques for Rhinoplasty: Everything You Need to Know
What is a Rhinoplasty? Rhinoplasty, or in layman’s terms, a nose job, is a plastic surgery procedure that aims to reconstruct and alter the shape of the nose to …
Men Are 20 Times More Likely to Get Killed during Police Encounters Compared to Women, Regardless of Skin Color
African-American men are more likely to die in contact with police than to win scratch-offs, according to one of the study’s authors. African American men’s vulnerability to police has …
Why Many Are Now Opting for Thread Lifts Instead of Surgical Face Lifts
A few years back, Gwyneth Paltrow made waves for backing a cosmetic procedure called the thread lift. At the time, a lot of surgeons had doubts, pointing to side …
Moroccan Healthcare: Foreign Doctors Can Now Practice Medicine in Morocco
The Moroccan government runs a two-tier health practice system – public and private. The condition of both systems can, at best, be regarded as abysmal in the recent past, …