Hot Pepper Itch Remedy Targets Kidney Disease Patients Suffering From Chronic Pruritus
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recommends capsaicin as an effective skin care regimen to help relieve itching associated with kidney disease, but capsaicin creams are meant to relieve pain and they tend to be extremely hot. Now there’s a new skin spray made with the essence of hot peppers that targets chronic itching without any burn.

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Pharma Watchdog Needs Your Help With Incriminating Documents
The Drug Industry Data Archive’s manager is hoping to crowdsource the uploading of incriminating documents involved in lawsuits.

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Centerville Eagles raise $4,500 for Diabetes Research Center in Iowa City
Tim Moore, treasurer for the Fraternal Order Eagles Centerville Aerie No. 2675, said the Feb. 20 state president’s charity auction and fundraiser raised $4,500 for the Diabetes Research Center under construction in Iowa City. “It was a good night,” he said. “We had a decent turnout.”

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Technique to Probe Hidden Dynamics of Molecular Biology
University of Chicago scientists are aiming to develop a method for determining how biological processes emerge from molecular interactions. The method may permit them to “rewire” the regulatory circuitry of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells, which play a major role in type-2 diabetes.

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Bacteria Rule Our Bodies, Our Planet
Scientists Say the Human Gut is Full of Bacteria; Yes, That’s a Good Thing

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