30 posts tagged ‘health medical pharma’
Sexing Dinos: Paleontologists Seek Fossilized Hormones
Gizmodo,
How can you tell if a dinosaur is female or male? It’s one of the most basic aspects of biology and yet, for the most part, it continues to be a mystery in paleontology. We don’t yet know the sex of most extinct species, even if those in museum displays have gender-specific names like Sue the T.rex or Cliff the… Read more...
R.I.P. Laura Lynch, founding member of The Chicks
AV Club,
Laura Lynch, a founding member of The Chicks (known at the time as The Dixie Chicks) has died. TMZ reports that Lynch was in a car crash outside of El Paso, Texas, and died yesterday; her cousin Mark Lynch confirmed the news to the outlet. Lynch was 65 years old. Read more...
Latest Obesity Drug Really Does Keep the Weight Off—If You Keep Taking It
New research shows that tirzepatide, the latest FDA-approved obesity drug, really can help people lose substantial amounts of weight—but only if they continue taking it. The study found that people who stopped taking tirzepatide after 36 weeks regained much of their lost weight within a year, while those who continued… Read more...
Popular Weight-Loss Drug Semaglutide Might Help With Alcohol Dependence, Too
A study out this week suggests that semaglutide—the active ingredient in popular obesity drug Wegovy—might be able to help people struggling with alcohol use disorder, too. In a small sample of cases, researchers found evidence that people who took semaglutide for weight loss also experienced a significant reduction… Read more...
Teenage Engineering’s TP-7 Is the Ferrari of Tape Recorders
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There's Now an At-Home Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
Americans looking to stay on top of their sexual health have a new at-home option available to them. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Developed by the company LetsGetChecked, the Simple 2 test costs between $58 and $99 a kit and returns… Read more...
7 'Unhealthy' Foods That Are Actually Fine
Scientific knowledge is ever-evolving and, ideally, self-correcting. Few fields demonstrate that better than the world of nutrition science. In the past, for instance, diet gurus and researchers have made declarations about the ills of having anything more than a little fat, no matter the kind; same with cholesterol.… Read more...
There May Be a Treatment for Covid Loss of Smell
A team of researchers may have found an effective treatment for one of the more common symptoms of long covid: a chronically changed sense of smell. In a small study, the team found that many patients improved after undergoing a minimally invasive procedure often used to treat pain and circulation problems. In some… Read more...