medicines

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Appetite may decrease, oral health can worsen, chronic illnesses become more common and many older people take medicines that affect how nutrients are absorbed, used or cleared from the body.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Moreover, a recent late-stage study of its tozorakimab drug candidate for smokers’ cough seems to vindicate AstraZeneca’s approach of developing potentially the best—rather than first—of its class of medicines, Bernstein notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To administer genetic medicines against the tau protein tangles that are Alzheimer’s’ other main pathology, doctors must inject them directly into the cerebrospinal fluid.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

This outbreak is a rare species of Ebola, known as Bundibugyo, for which there are no vaccines or medicines.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

At first we reckoned they tried out different diseases and medicines, but there’d be no reason to start that all of a sudden two or three years back.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman