Sunlight can influence the breakdown of medicines in the body

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 15:00 in Health & Medicine

A study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has shown that the body's ability to break down medicines may be closely related to exposure to sunlight, and thus may vary with the seasons. The findings offer a completely new model to explain individual differences in the effects of drugs, and how the surroundings can influence the body's ability to deal with toxins...

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