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Feb 25 2025HEALTH

Unlocking the Secrets of Arthritis Treatment: A Malaysian Tale

Arthritis is a big deal in Malaysia, where people from different backgrounds live together. It's super important to make sure people with arthritis take their medicine as they should. If they don't, bad things can happen, like their condition getting worse or becoming disabled. This is a big problem

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Feb 25 2025SCIENCE

Supercharging Antibiotics Degradation with Smart Zinc Oxide Sheets

Zinc oxide sheets with tiny, organized holes are a big deal in the world of photocatalysis. These sheets are designed to break down antibiotics like ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, and tetracycline. The key is in their structure. These sheets have a unique design that makes it easier for light-generated

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Feb 25 2025HEALTH

Brain's Battle: How Tiny Bubbles and Cells Team Up to Cause Stroke Damage

Macrophages are like the body's cleanup crew. They rush to the scene of a stroke to help. But sometimes, they make things worse. They release tiny bubbles called exosomes that can mess with the brain's blood vessels. This is part of what happens in a condition called cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in

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Feb 24 2025HEALTH

Challenging the Status Quo: Why Medical Journals Need to Embrace Different Views

Medical journals are supposed to be at the forefront of scientific discovery, but they're often stuck in their ways. They follow the same old rules, and it's not always good for progress. Over the last 50 years, the pharmaceutical industry has been pulling the strings more and more. This means that

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Feb 24 2025ENVIRONMENT

Chiral Drugs in Rivers: The Septic Tank Connection

In Scotland, researchers took a close look at how chiral drugs make their way into rivers. They spent a year studying five community septic tanks. The goal was to figure out how these tanks affect the amounts and types of chiral drugs that end up in nearby rivers. The study focused on 25 different c

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Feb 23 2025SCIENCE

Metabolites: The Body's Hidden Messengers

Picture this: your body is a bustling city, and metabolites are the tiny messengers zipping around, delivering important information. These chemical messengers are key players in turning food into energy, and they can also reveal secrets about diseases. By understanding how metabolites work, scienti

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Feb 23 2025HEALTH

Pharmacists' Role in Managing Kids' Asthma

Asthma is a big deal for kids. It's a common lung problem that can really mess with a child's health and happiness. So, it's crucial to have people who know what they're doing when it comes to helping kids manage their asthma. That's where community pharmacists come in. They're often the first point

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Feb 23 2025HEALTH

Healthcare Efficiency: Old vs. New Methods

Healthcare spending is on the rise. This is due to more money, better technology, and older people needing more care. It's crucial to figure out how well health systems work. This is because money isn't endless, and how we spend it affects how good our healthcare is and how well people get better.

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Feb 23 2025TECHNOLOGY

Overlined Characters Made Easy

Ever needed to write anti-B0 or anti-neutrino in a Word document? It's a hassle, right? You might think, "Why can't I just add an overline like an underline? " Well, it's not that simple. Microsoft Word doesn't make it easy to add overlined characters. You can underline text with a single click, but

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Feb 22 2025HEALTH

The End of the Semaglutide Shortage

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the long-standing shortage of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's weight loss injection Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic, has finally been resolved. This decision comes after more than two years of scarcity, which

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