The drugs we take end up in rivers, where they affect the entire ecosystem
The drugs we take are reaching natural ecosystems, and moving up the food chain.
Tag: pharmaceutical
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch’s hearing on EpiPen was a complete disaster for the company
Congress was not happy with Bresch's or the FDA's answers.
An analgesic molecule discovered in its natural state in Africa
Nauclea latifolia (also know as the pin cushion tree) is a small shrub, relatively common, used in traditional medicine throughout ...
World’s water streams affected by pharmaceutical pollution
A new study stresses the overlooked hazards that dumped pharmaceuticals found in wastewater pose to the world's freshwater streams. So ...
Powerful new painkiller with no side effects could be just one year away
Unfortunately, pretty much every human being with access to medical care has taken some sort of painkillers at some point ...
Of pain and marijuana
The sun begins to ooze off outside of Birmingham, England. It's tea time. A woman stands alone in her house, ...
Devil’s Claw brings new hope for arthritis
Deep in one of the warmest places on the planet, in the Kalahari desert, there lies the 'Devil's Claw', a ...
Sex without condoms makes people happier
Well, it seems all we've been writing about lately is sex and jelly fish (there's a connection somewhere, I just ...