In the years that the IUD and birth control pill have become more popular, spermicide and spermicide-adjacent methods (diaphragms and caps included) have fallen out of vogue. However, a newly approved non-hormonal contraceptive gel from Evofem Biosciences might end up being part of a new renaissance for the old method — particularly for people who […]
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FDA-approved drug effectively treats rare chronic immune disorders
A drug approved to treat a severe form of asthma dramatically improved the health of people with rare chronic immune disorders called hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) in whom other treatments were ineffective or intolerable. This finding comes from a small clinical trial led by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part […]
Repurposing FDA-approved drugs can help fight back breast cancer
Screening Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved compounds for their ability to stop cancer growth in the lab led to the finding that the drug flunarizine can slow down the growth of triple-negative breast cancer in an animal model of the disease. Led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the National Taiwan University College […]