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Apparently, WWE's Jeff Hardy has been embroiled in a drugs scandal related to prescription drugs such as carisoprodol (Soma) and steroids. Allegedly, "excessive" amounts of these and other substances were found in his home. Jeff Deville's column on PWTorch defends the amounts reported. You can read more about Carisoprodol the muscle relaxant ...

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Could a simple dietary change that increases glutathione, or indeed supplementation with this tripeptide be all you need to boost your immune system and ward of influenza? You can more read about the pseudoscience of glutathione dietary supplements here.

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The BBC reports today that malaria has started to evolve resistance to the artemesinin family of drugs that are used as the world's front-line defense against the most prevalent and deadly form of the disease. You can read more about the malaria drug artemesinin here.

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