Monthly Archives: December 2011
First diet pill that doesn´t make you ill
The Sunday Times Published: 18 December 2011. Lois Rogers. Scientists are close to producing a drug that helps the obese lose weight by removing the pleasure of eating without bad side effects The pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is conducting clinical trials on a compound which, it hopes, will stop the obese from feeling hungry by mimicking […]
No stress, no fear, no panic: it´s Supersoldier
The Sunday Times Published: 04 December 2011. Lois Rogers. Critics raise medical and ethical arguments against the US military’s plans to use drugs in an attempt to block soldiers’ feelings of fear on the battlefield Scientists are working to create a fearless “supersoldier” using smart drugs that would prevent them from panicking under pressure or […]