Honey may be better than conventional treatments for coughs, stuffy noses and armpits, researchers have said. The fabric is cheap, easy to get and has almost no side effects. Doctors may recommend it as a suitable alternative to antibiotics, which are often prescribed for such infections, even if they are …
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Another problem has been the kind of internecine push-and-pull between hospitals and individual researchers. They are all frenemies, all pursuing the goal of helping people, but are also published in major magazines in pursuit of officials and subsidies. That’s not necessarily bad – if the energy is directed. “The study …
Read More »Trump signs executive orders aimed at lowering drug prices
President Trump signed multiple executive orders on Friday aimed at reducing the prescription drug cost like insulin Executive orders signed by the president will require discounts on insulin and EpiPens that were issued to some hospitals for transmission to patients; and expedite a proposal to import prescription drugs from Canada …
Read More »What does it mean to say that a new drug “works”?
John Beigel’s problem was that not enough Covid-19 people died. Not that he wanted them to, of course. It’s just that, as dire as the pandemic has been, it hasn’t killed as many people as it seemed. And Beigel, a researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, …
Read More »US Buys Global Shares to Remdesivir Drug Key Covid-19 | United States News
The United States has purchased virtually all stocks for the next three months of one of two drugs that work against Covid-19, leaving none for the United Kingdom, Europe, or most of the rest of the world. Experts and activists are alarmed by both the unilateral action by the United …
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