Tag: pills
Deaths linked to sleeping pills are on the rise
full screen Last year, 814 people died in Sweden as a result of poisoning from either medicines or drugs, according to the Swedish Medicines Agency’s compilation. Archive image. Photo: Anders…
86 million captagon pills seized in Dubai
It is a drug that floods the Gulf countries, often considered one of the main markets. A major seizure of captagon was announced this Thursday by the authorities of the…
What are the different types of birth control pills?
There are two main families of pills: estrogen-progestin and microprogestin. And four generations since the first marketing in 1960. Each pill has its mode of action, its side effects and…
Generations of pills: table, list, differences
1, 2, 3, 4… Different generations of pills are marketed in France depending on the nature of the progestogen(s) they contain. Their indications, side effects or risks are not the…
Should you buy pills to prolong your tan? The uncompromising opinion of our dermatologist
News Published on 04/09/2023 at 5:13 p.m. Updated 04/09/2023 at 5:13 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Back from vacation, it is tempting to want to prolong your tan by taking beta-carotene…
The battle of the ‘Vampire Millionaire’, who takes 111 pills a day to stay young, to death! Spends $2 million a year: “My goal is never to die…”
Known as the Vampire Millionaire, American Bryan Johnson is obsessed with reversing aging and living forever. “I’m rebelling against the culture of death,” said 45-year-old Johnson, who spends nearly $2…
Japan plans to test the sale of birth control pills without a prescription – a significant change in policy
The experiment should start already this summer. Birth control pills can be bought without a prescription in about 90 countries. Japan’s health ministry plans to allow the sale of birth…
Pills and cocaine at school, at parties and in all neighbourhoods: how normal is drug use in Baarn?
The municipality of Baarn must take the lead in tackling drug use among young people. Get out from behind that desk, is one of the recommendations in a report commissioned…
Birth control pills increase the risk of depression
Birth control pills increase the risk of depression during the first two years of use. This is shown by a new study from Uppsala University.– This seems to apply to…
Japan approves abortion pills
Published: Just now full screenMedical abortion is allowed in Japan. Archive image. Photo: Said Karlsson/TT For the first time, abortion pills will be allowed in Japan – a country where…