An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest ...

Scientists have uncovered 15,000-year-old medicinal herbs, shedding light on Stone Age health practices that echo today’s ...

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Archaeologists exploring an ancient burial cave in northern Morrocco were surprised to find 15,000-year-old evidence of drug ...

The boom is the result of a discovery by drug traffickers that a plant commonly found growing wild in parts of Afghanistan, ephedra, can be used to create the key component of meth: ephedrine.

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An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest evidence of Ephedra use from the charred remains of the plant in a 15,000-year ...

Ephedra (also known as má huáng) is a stimulant that promotes weight loss by increasing thermogenesis and suppressing appetite. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of ...

In that regard, usnic acid is not unlike ephedra, another weight-loss pill that is sold online and in many thousands of neighborhood health-food and drugstores. Ephedra has been implicated in the ...

The “senseless,” potentially gang-related shooting — which unfolded in Salaam’s district — is only the latest act of gun violence to touch Harlem youths, he said in a statement to The ...

Herbal supplements included in the analysis were green tea, garcinia cambogia, mangosteen, white kidney bean, ephedra, African mango, yerba mate, veld grape, licorice root and East Indian globe ...