Coffee – The Wonder Drug?
Every morning, scores of us effectively wake up in two steps: firstly when we crash back from the peaceful planes of sleep, and secondly when we gulp down the brain-activating drink that is coffee.
Tagged: Drugs
A Malarial Dilemma: to Die or to Diet?
Reducing the calorie intake of malaria infected mice reduces parasite growth, as discussed by Jennifer Ann Stortz.
Supply of Last Resort Antibiotics Dwindling
Gabriela De Sousa discusses the increasing rates of antibiotic resistance within humans and livestock.
What are legal highs and why do people use them?
Claire Pickering discusses the issue of legal high usage within society
Branded painkillers — better pain relief or just a pain in the wallet?
Since regular pain killers were developed, pharmaceutical companies have been desperate to sell them to the cold-and-flu-ridden and pain-suffering public under fancy trade names such as ‘Nurofen’ and ‘Lemsip’. But are these flashy packets any more effective than the bland, generic supermarket own-brand packets?
