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Why making anti-viral drugs is so hard – and how COVID-19 could be great for the field

It was 1928 when Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming noticed an odd phenomenon: mould that had formed accidentally in one of his petri dishes was stopping the growth of bacteria. Fleming had of course just discovered penicillin, and by the mid-1940s the world’s first antibiotic would be in mass production, launching a historic era when most… Read More »

Why are migraines hard to treat

Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Most people with migraines have family members who have migraines. Make a log of what seems to trigger your migraines. An aura can happen just before or during a migraine. There are four different phases of migraines. A migraine usually starts gradually and then becomes more severe. Why… Read More »

How hard is it to quit ativan

Tapering can take weeks or even months to complete depending on how high your dose is because the dose is gradually reduced for a up to a week at a time before another reduction takes place. If you’re trying to learn how to wean off Ativan and you snorted it or injected it, this could… Read More »

Vaping: It’s hard to quit, but help is available

E-cigarettes burst onto the scene in the 2010s and were quickly embraced by the public as a solution to the problem of smoking, even heralded by former Surgeon General Richard Carmona as having “very meaningful harm reduction potential” for adult smokers. Astonishingly, e-cigarette manufacturers were never required to demonstrate that their devices were safe, or… Read More »