Adding weight to the large body of scientific evidence that has found phenylephrine is as useless as a placebo for nasal congestion, an advisory panel has declared common oral medications ineffective and urged for them to be removed from sale.

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A new study has revealed how the mutated proteins that are a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease spread and aggregate in the brain. The finding opens the door to developing a way of halting the disease’s progression.

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Researchers created an embryo model that looks and acts like a natural human embryo. They say it’s an ethical way of gaining a better understanding of embryonic development that may provide answers about birth defects and infertility.

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A study into the effects of medicinal cannabis on the health of people living with chronic illnesses has found that the drug significantly improves health-related quality of life, fatigue, pain, anxiety, and depression.

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A new study has found that people with ulcerative colitis who take cholesterol-lowering statins have less chance of developing colorectal cancer. The commonly drug could be used as a preventive for cancer in cases of inflammatory bowel disease.

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More than 300,000 Americans aged 65 and older are hospitalized for hip fractures each year. But researchers have found that even tiny lifestyle changes can boost bone strength to a level that greatly reduces the incidence of these serious fractures.

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