A century-old drug, methylene blue, may be able to slow or even cure Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Used at a very low concentration -- about the equivalent of a few raindrops in four ...

Methylene blue and its derivatives have been investigated as potential treatments for numerous conditions, including stroke, bipolar disorder, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Reasons not to use methylene blue. A therapeutic dose of methylene blue is typically 1-2 mg IV per kg body weight (mpk). A toxic dose is about 7 mg mpk. This is a very low therapeutic index, which ...

The methylene blue IV drip in the picture above looks like an energy drink, but it’s actually commonly used among aquarists and fish breeders to clean and treat fungal infections on fish eggs ...

The apparatus for the enema includes a 28 French Foley catheter with a 30 mL balloon, tubing, and a 1 liter of normal saline containing 10 mL of 1% methylene blue dye (final concentration of 0.01%).

Dr Darren Saunders, from Sydney, took to Twitter to mock influencers who are consuming methylene blue, a chemical used to disinfect fish tanks, which they claim 'slows down the chain of ageing'.

A video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) dropping blue liquid into a glass of water while on a flight went viral across social media. The footage, posted to platforms such as X and TikTok, drew ...

The blue dye in question, called methylene blue, is the oldest synthetic anti-malarial drug. A paper published in 1891 tells how two scientists successfully used it to treat a malaria patient. But ...

Lymph node recovery differed significantly with average lymph node numbers of 27±7 and 14±4 (P<0.001) for the methylene blue and the unstained group, respectively.