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A chemical relative of aspirin might help treat Alzheimer's disease

Posted in Medicine on 21st Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Salsalate, long used for rheumatoid arthritis, reduces toxic protein in mice study.

Jardiance, a Diabetes Drug, Cut Cardiovascular Deaths by 38%, Study Says

Posted in Medicine on 19th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A widely used modern diabetes drug has been shown to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease.

Antidepressant causes different brain changes in depressed and non-depressed individuals

Posted in Medicine on 5th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A common antidepressant may alter brain structures in depressed and non-depressed individuals in different ways.

Diabetes drug may help in leukaemia

Posted in Medicine on 3rd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A drug used to treat diabetes could help in the fight against blood cancer, early research in the journal Nature suggests.

The rise of intelligence enhancement

Posted in Science on 27th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Modafinil, which is typically used to treat sleep disorders, is a cognitive enhancer. Essentially, it can help normal people think better.