drugs

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Apparel companies face a surge in returns, with one seeing a 50% increase, primarily due to customers sizing down from weight-loss drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

While chemotherapy can slow the progression of the disease, its effectiveness is often limited by the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to develop resistance against these drugs.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

“There is a very, very clear correlation between housing costs and homelessness, and that does not mean that drugs are not a factor. They absolutely are a factor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The drug industry has been trying for years to develop tricks to shuttle the drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease through the body’s protective brain-blood barrier, which blocks 99% of a dose from reaching the brain.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

A girl named Rose says, “Well, because of her cells the medical field had major breakthroughs, like the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, and the creation of drugs that treat leukemia, influenza, and Parkinson’s disease.”

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan