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Popular pain medicines sold over the counter could be bad for a developing fetus. A pharmacologist explains why, and why the FDA is warning pregnant women to avoid these drugs.
Inflammation is a sign your immune system is doing its job.
Anti-inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen should no longer be available for sale in grocery stores, but instead restricted to pharmacies.
Ibuprofen can be obtained easily from supermarkets without consulting a health care professional. While this may make it seem it’s benign, it can have ill effects if used inappropriately.
There is an increasing focus on alternative treatment strategies, developed to treat other diseases and conditions but re-purposed to tackle TB.
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Co-director, Vascular Research Centre, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Faculty Member, Africa Health Research Institute; Associate professor, UCL
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Cardiologist and PhD Candidate, Adelaide University
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Senior research fellow, Bond University
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh