The internet is abuzz with tributes to a liquid chemical called methylene blue that is being sold as a health supplement. Over the past five or 10 years, methylene blue has come to be touted online as ...

The internet is abuzz with tributes to a liquid chemical called methylene blue that is being sold as a health supplement. Over the past five or 10 years, methylene blue has come to be touted online as ...

Methylene blue was developed in the 1800s as a cobalt blue synthetic dye for textiles, but it also has some medicinal uses. It's approved to treat a rare blood disorder called methemoglobinemia.

Methylene blue (ProvayBlue) is a medication doctors use to treat a rare blood condition called methemoglobinemia. Naturally, methylene blue is a solid. But as a medical treatment, it’s dissolved in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lorne J. Hofseth, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The internet is ...