drugs

Drugs are chemical compounds intended for use in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. More informally, a drug is any non-food substance that causes changes in the structure or function of the body.

Drugs have played a major role in the history of medicine. Perhaps the most famous example is the accidental discovery of penicillin, a drug which proved to be a highly effective treatment for many infectious diseases, by the biologist Alexander Fleming.

Drug abuse occurs when the steady use of one or more addictive drugs, prescription or illegal, results in overuse with negative consequences. Even familiar drugs like aspirin can have significant side effects. Several blogs offer useful overviews on drugs, including Brain Blogger and Rx Blog.

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• Hydrogels. Contact lenses. Biomaterials. Nanomaterials.

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 132
  “Hydrogels were the first biomaterials designed for clinical use.” 1 Jindrich Kopeček, from Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; has presented an article titled: “HYDROGELS ...
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• Camaraderie

  
  NOBODY PASSES, darling — Authority: 131
  JoAnne was turning tricks on Capp Street, I can’t remember when she started but Capp Street was the bottom of the line for hookers, why not take out an ad? JoAnne said she liked it on Capp Street, the girls watched out for each other, she wouldn’t be able to turn tricks on her own -- and I’m a fat dyke, she said ...
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• Robert Pattinson Talks Dating Kristen Stewart On Today 11/19

  
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  Robert Pattinson finally answers the question we’ve all been dying to know. Is he really dating his co-star?…
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• Stem cells in breast milk could fulfil baby’s ‘genetic destiny’

  
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  London, Nov 22 (ANI): A new research has found three different types of stem cells in breast milk which may be the reason why mother’s milk is deemed best for babies.Dr Mark Cregan, medical director at the Swiss healthcare and baby equipment company Medela, has discovered adult stem cells of epithelial (mammary) and ...
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• What Companies Should Do Before Subjecting Employees To Drug Testing

  
  MySweetLife.Net — Authority: 155
  Drug testing is one of the requirements of many employers, big and small alike. Even if an aspiring employee is able to complete all of his or her pre-employment requirements, if he or she has positive results in his or her drug test during the physical examination, he or she would not be eligible for hiring. ...
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• The Different Drug Testing Types In The Workplace

  
  i-Think Me Blog — Authority: 130
  Drug testing is one of the requirements of many employers, big and small alike. Even if an aspiring employee is able to complete all of his or her pre-employment requirements, if he or she has positive results in his or her drug test during the physical examination, he or she would not be eligible for hiring. ...
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• Meet Hobbie-J, the’ cleverest rat’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov 22 (ANI): Scientists claim to have created the world’s cleverest rat by introducing modifications in a single gene.Named Hobbie-J, after a Chinese cartoon character, it can remember objects almost three times longer than other rats.It is also much better in finding its way through mazes. During its ...
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• Hallucinogenic drug made Jean-Paul Sartre ‘fall in love’ with lobsters

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, November 22 (ANI): A new book has revealed that European thinker Jean-Paul Sartre used to have hallucinations of lobsters, which once even chased him down the Champs Elysées.New York professor John Gerassi’s book sheds light on the conversation between him and the French philosopher about mescaline, a ...
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• Oz troops battling cocaine addiction in Afghanistan, Iraq

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Kabul, Nov. 22 (ANI): Australian troops stationed in Afghanistan are getting addicted to cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs which are “as cheap as chips” in that country. According to News.com.au, hundreds of soldiers, sailors and airmen have tested positive to a string of illegal drugs since troops were sent to ...
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• Lily Allen Makes No Sense!

  
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  What’s the deal, Lily Allen ? Why are you trying to brain fuck us The rest is here:  Lily Allen Makes No Sense!
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• More North Korean Diplomats Busted for Smuggling

  
  One Free Korea — Authority: 523
  Not a day goes by that I don’t rue all of the commerce we’re missing out on by not having diplomatic relations with North Korea: Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday. The pair, a man ...
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• CVS Caremark Launching Collaborating with Generation Health To Launch Program to Predict Patient Response for a Dozen Drugs With Genetic Testing

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  This is the first announcement of this type I have seen.  Generation Health bills itself as a genetic benefit management company.  It seems interesting that GINA has just become effective with new provisions that prevent family history to be used as it relates back to potential discrimination in hereditary areas ...
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• Diabetes Care: Global Investing Opportunities (NVO, rated BUY)

  
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  The American Diabetes Association estimates that there are currently 23.6 million diabetics in the U.S. (7.8% of the total population, including 17.9 million diagnosed cases, 5.7 million undiagnosed, and 57 million pre-diabetics. Diabetes results in an estimated $174 billion in costs from diagnosed cases ...
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• Teens risk kidney failure in drug craze

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Ketamine causes irreversible damage, fear GPs Ketamine, a powerful tranquilliser used on horses, is being taken in growing number by young people in the UK, causing crippling health problems. Some addicts have needed to have their bladders removed and must now wear catheters. Other users have suffered serious kidney ...
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• Methadone makes addicts of prisoners

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Thinktank says inmates are swapping one addiction for another Britains prison system churns out thousands of prisoners addicted to methadone, according to a thinktank with close links to the Tories. The Centre for Policy Studies claims that many inmates on the heroin substitute have little chance of being weaned ...
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• ScienceDaily: “Slowing Evolution to Stop Drug Resistance”

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  ScienceDaily: “Slowing Evolution to Stop Drug Resistance” --snip-- For years, evolutionists have pointed to antibiotic resistance as proof of evolution in action. The argument often amounts to this (in simplified form): the fact that certain organisms grow resistant to certain antibiotics is evidence for the ...
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• Review Time!!! :o)

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
        A few weeks ago Amy from Fair Haven Health sent my husband and I some things to try. I got the FertileCM and Hubby got the FertilAid for Men. This going to be a review on the FertileCM. Hubby’s review on the FertilAid for Men because he only started taking it last week. He was out of town when we received ...
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• A Rumor of War

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 432
  Philip Caputo has been writing about war and the corruption of war since his Vietnam memoir, A Rumor of War , first appeared in 1977.  As a Chicago Tribune reporter, that includes the generally bloodless — but highly corrupting — world of Chicago politics. In the December 2009 The Atlantic Caputo turns his ...
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• Carla Hendra becomes globally douchenozzleized!

  
  AdScam/The Horror! — Authority: 481
  So, the big news out of Ogilvy at the end of the week is that, yes. we are once again restructuring the world’s most fucked up BDA. Ogilvy global CEO Miles “I am going to turn this shitasmic Titanic agency around if it fucking kills me” Young, has gone on record as saying, we no longer do ads, we are now ...
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• Is the Chronic is the Best Medicine For Kids?

  
  An American Lion — Authority: 533
  Would you give the Chronic to a baby prairie dog? Mommy and Daddy prairie dog say hells no…. You’re going to get both barrels on this issue— giving marijuana to kids is NOT going to fly in this country, in my not too humble opinion: At the Peace in Medicine Healing Center in Sebastopol, the wares on ...
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