Word: bloodstream
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drugs are anti-inflammatory agents like aspirin but remain in the bloodstream six times as long. Thus they are effective as once-a-day doses. They are also less apt to irritate the digestive tract. According to Lilly, Oraflex causes 50% fewer gastrointestinal side effects than aspirin. There remains a drawback. In clinical trials, Oraflex caused sun sensitivity leading to an itchy rash in about 20% of patients. This can be prevented by applying sunscreen lotions or even by getting a protective suntan before using the drug...
...link between ovulation and exercise may also involve a natural opium-like substance, beta-endorphin, that pours into the bloodstream during stressful workouts. Beta-endorphin has been shown to suppress female hormones regulating the menstrual cycle. In any case, for women runners being treated for infertility, good advice seems to be: stop running...
...colleagues, blood plasma is removed from a patient and run through a device containing beads of charcoal coated with protein A, a component of the staph bacteria. The plasma is then returned to the patient. The scientists speculate that the bacterial protein somehow alters substances carried in the bloodstream that were paralyzing the body's natural defenses...
...Harvard researcher reported in today's issue of Science magazine the first evidence of sex pheromones--chemical-scents that influence sexual behavior--in the bloodstream of a vertebrate...
...chemicals, produced by the body, help regulate functions such as blood pressure, blood clotting and reproduction. Says Demers: "Some prostaglandins made by the uterus precipitate the contractions that are necessary for menses and labor. But when they're produced in excess, the uterine muscle cramps." Carried through the bloodstream to other parts of the body, the prostaglandins trigger additional discomfort...