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4 Jan

What are ‘melanotan’ injections? Explaining the controversial tanning drug

The illegal injections and nasal sprays are being promoted by influencers as a tanning hack but experts warn they are dangerous Beauty mustn't be pain and it definitely shouldn’t be dangerous. Whether it’s a “slim thick” hourglass figure or sun-kissed glowing skin, the pressure on us to suit beauty ideals is limitless and pushing people to go to extreme, harmful lengths to attain them.  First there was Apetamin, the unlicensed complement which promised perfect curves but as a substitute caused every thing from extreme fatigue to liver failure and even comas. Now it’s melanotan, a “quick fix” solution to tanning, that’s making the headlines.   Often coming in the shape of injections or nasal spray, melanotan...
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16 Dec

Latest Prescription Drug Could Lower Risk Of Alzheimer’s In

Getty 23% of Black Americans age 70 and older live with Alzheimer’s disease in america, in response to Alzheimer’s Association. They’re also twice as likely as older whites to have a type of dementia.  A latest study that pulled data from 5.6 million AA and non-Hispanic European Americans found that a latest prescription hypertension drug, telmisartan, could lower the chance of Alzheimer’s in Black adults over 60. The research was conducted by Dr. Feixiong Cheng at his laboratory at Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute, and the outcomes are published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. “Considering race-specific drug responses holds potential for drastically improving patient care. Identifying these candidate drugs also can reveal more information in regards to the...
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10 Dec

Master P Opens Up About Daughter’s Fatal Drug Overdose

Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for REVOLT Music mogul Master P is on a mission to show his pain into purpose after losing his daughter to a fatal drug overdose.  In a recent interview with CBS Mornings, Master P sat down with Gayle King to debate how daughter Tytyana Miller’s premature death in May has since inspired him to spread awareness across the impact of substance abuse and mental illness. Article continues after video. “It’s hard,” he told King. “Coming from where I come from, coming from poverty, you'd think that you simply would outlive your kids and that was the mission. I feel like, going to my daughter’s funeral, I feel like I went to my very own funeral.” “I’m gonna turn my pain...
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16 Oct

Master P Opens Up About His Daughter’s Fatal Drug

Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for REVOLT Music mogul Master P is on a mission to show his pain into purpose after losing his daughter to a fatal drug overdose.  In a recent interview with CBS Mornings, Master P sat down with Gayle King to debate how daughter Tytyana Miller’s premature death in May has since inspired him to spread awareness across the impact of substance abuse and mental illness. Article continues after video. “It’s hard,” he told King. “Coming from where I come from, coming from poverty, you'll think that you simply would outlive your kids and that was the mission. I feel like, going to my daughter’s funeral, I feel like I went to my very own funeral.” “I’m gonna turn my pain...
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