Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats.

Software may enable careful ESA dosing to maintain hemoglobin target levels in patients on hemodialysis with anemia.

MiraLAX (polyethylene glycol 3350) is an over-the-counter drug that’s taken to treat constipation. The drug comes as a powder that you usually take once per day. MiraLAX is used in people ages ...

The new polymer is called bottlebrush polyethylene glycol, or PEG-BB. It moves quickly through the airway battlements by mimicking mucins, a natural glycoprotein responsible for the properties of ...

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Laxatives can be abused. People can overuse laxatives, leading to diarrhea as well as fluid and electrolyte abnormalities.

Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think. A drug-carrying molecule ...

It is not unusual for her to go three to four days without a bowel movement. She has been told by two different doctors who ...

Graphene-based nanomaterials show promise in drug delivery, but challenges like toxicity and aggregation must be addressed ...

I am writing to you about my 62-year-old wife, in the hope that you can provide an opinion on a question she has and also ...