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Medicine

Diabetes Drug Could Help Those Living With Parkinson's Disease, Research Reveals

Posted in Medicine on 7th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

Exenatide, currently used to treat type 2 diabetes, improves movement-related issues and might also slow the progression of Parkinson's.

Study: Psilocybin Helps Depressed Patients 're-connect' To The World

Posted in Medicine on 5th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

Psilocybin is the primary mind-altering substance in psychedelic magic mushrooms.

UK Pledges 00m To Global Efforts To Eradicate Polio

Posted in Medicine on 5th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

Money will fund vaccination of 45 million children annually until 2020, when the world could finally be declared polio-free.

Researchers Find Vulnerability That Will Allow Them To Kill Particularly Aggressive Form Of Leukemia

Posted in Medicine on 4th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

'Our findings suggest two drug strategies to treat AML,'

Depression Is The Single Biggest Predictor Of Death For Heart Patients

Posted in Medicine on 31st Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

A major new study from the Intermountain Medical Center has shown how the death rate for depressed heart patients is double that of non-depressed heart patients