What's in your herbal supplements?
DNA testing of 44 different herbal supplements from 12 companies found that 59 percent of the bottles contained DNA from ingredients that weren't listed on the label — and some of those ingredients are...
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Story behind the birth control pill "calendar" dispenser
In 1961, new parents David and Doris Wagner had a baby and Doris went on the birth control pill, just approved by the FDA the year before. Quickly though, Doris and David realized that it was too easy...
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Time lapse of pills dissolving in water
The beauty of pills and capsules releasing their payload.
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PSA: Your birth control pills could be placebos
This one's for the ladies. According to Stat, Allegra is recalling 170,000 packs of their Taytulla birth control pills because the first four pills in each of the packs are placebos, instead of...
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Curious robotic syringe-in-a-pill completes successful human trial
The RaniPill is another syringe that you can swallow to deliver drugs to the bloodstream from the inside. It's triggered by an interesting and complex mechanism involving a chemical reaction that...
View ArticleLaxatives for ladies
@BUGPOSTING discovered something funny and desperately sad at Target: "womens" laxatives in a special pink box at more than twice the price. The real difference appears to be that they are "Comfort...
View ArticleArizona elementary school kids rushed to ER after popping pills
Apparently a 6-year-old got ahold of someone's prescription medication and decided to experiment with her friends. Arizona's ABC15 reports: According to Phoenix Fire Department, four elementary school...
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How TikTok crowdsourced an open-source 3D-printed pill bottle opener plan for...
The Auto Pill Bottle is a pretty cool invention that automatically dispenses pills, instead of forcing people with physical disabilities such as Parkinson's Disease to struggle with pressing down and...
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Ivermectin selling out nationwide
Ivermectin, a medication of little use to you in its readily-available form (unless you weigh 1,400 pounds and suffer from intestinal parasites), is sold out everywhere. You can't even buy the famously...
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Study: Covid pill cuts risk of hospitalization and death by 50%
An experimental oral medication reduced the risk of hospitalization and death from covid by 50% in an interim clinical trial. The drug, named molnupiravir, was developed by Merck and Ridgeback...
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Tracing the pill-trails to America from Russia's e-pharmacy underworld
Security reporter Brian Krebs has a fascinating piece up on Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of Russia's biggest online payment processor, ChronoPay. Krebs reports that this man also co-owns Rx-Promotion, an...
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If you want a pill to work faster, lay down on your right side
If you want your medication to kick in as fast as possible, lay down on your right side. It beats standing up, according to a computer model of the human stomach. From New Atlas: Led by Prof. Rajat...
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Vibrating pills to help with chronic constipation
Now available, a vibrating pill that doesn't release any medicine but rather stimulates your colon so you can poop more easily. Approved by the FDA in August, Vibrant is now ready for doctor...
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