Even though humans are biologically hard-wired to form strong attachments to our parents, in many cases, these relationships become estranged as the children age. A recent poll found that nearly 1 in 4 adults are estranged from their families. Six percent are estranged from their mothers and 26% have no contact with their fathers. It’s …
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Women Are Sharing How The "Red Pill Movement" Has Affected Their Attraction To Men, And It Actually Perfectly Verbalizes How I’ve Been Feeling
“I honestly think it’s made me a lot more aware of early warning signs in a guy.” View Entire Post › Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriavouloumanos/red-pill-movement-affects-attraction
FDA Approves First Pill for Postpartum Depression
Aug. 7, 2023 – The FDA has approved the first oral drug for postpartum depression, a condition that affects an estimated one in seven mothers in the United States. The pill, zuranolone (brand name Zurzuvae), is a steroid that acts on certain receptors in the brain that regulate mood, arousal, behavior, and cognition, according to …
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FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
This is a developing story. Stayed tune for reaction to today’s FDA decision. July 13, 2023 – The FDA today approved the first birth control pill for women that does not require a prescription. The product, OPill, is expected to be available early next year. The over the …
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FDA Approves First Pill to Treat Moderate-to-Severe Crohn’s
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with Crohn’s disease have a new treatment option, following U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a pill called Rinvoq (upadacitinib). Rinvoq is meant to treat adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease who have not had success with TNF (tumor …
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The first pill to treat postpartum depression may be ready this year and it could be a game changer
We may be just months away from having the first-ever pill to help treat postpartum depression (PPD). The drug, called Zuranolone, was developed by Sage Therapeutics and Biogen, two companies out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The FDA has given the drug’s application priority review and the period ends on August 5, 2023. Currently, there is only …
Is There a Best Time of Day to Take Your Blood Pressure Pill?
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It doesn’t seem to matter what time of day or night you take your blood pressure medication, a new study finds. The results of a randomized trial of more than 21,000 patients with high blood pressure who were followed for over five …
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More Illegal Sites Running Online Abortion Pill Scams
Aug. 4, 2022 — Many women seeking abortion pills online have unknowingly been ordering the pills from one of many fake clinics making false claims, pharmacy experts report. While some online sites are licensed and legitimately connect consumers with the pills, the illegal sites may sell either counterfeit or expired pills or deliver no pills …
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Turning Plastic Pill Bottles Into Orange Robots
A guy who goes by the handle Steady Craftin makes all kinds of great things in various ways and for this video, he decided to create nifty robot toys made out of old orange pill bottles. He shredded the bottles and melted them down before crafting them into awesome toys. Check out the video above! …
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‘That’s it I’m staying on the pill’: Woman says she got pregnant while tracking her period as birth control
A woman says that after tracking her menstrual cycle as a form of birth control, she got pregnant. Helen Hall (@helenleland) posted a TikTok showing her baby bump on July 10. In her video, she says that instead of taking the birth control pill, she used cycle tracking. “It didn’t work,” Hall wrote in the …
FDA OKs Emergency Use of Merck Pill for COVID-19
Dec. 23, 2021 — The FDA has granted emergency use authorization to Merck’s antiviral drug to treat adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for severe disease. Similar to FDA authorization of another antiviral pill regimen — ritonavir plus nirmatrelvir, or Paxlovid — granted to Pfizer on Wednesday, molnupiravir (brand name Lagevrio) …
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FDA Authorizes Pfizer Antiviral Pill for COVID-19
Dec. 22, 2021 – The FDA on Wednesday granted emergency use authorization of a new antiviral pills to treat people with symptomatic COVID-19. Pfizer’s ritonavir, name brand Paxlovid, can now be taken by patients age 12 and up who weigh at least 88 pounds. The antiviral is only for people who test positive for coronavirus, …
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