Number of US newborns with drug withdrawal triples WPXI | Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. | The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction to powerful prescripti...
Pa. mom learns of pregnancy during drug tests WPXI | A western Pennsylvania woman charged with heroin possession after police say she repeatedly passed out in a restaurant booth while sitting with her two toddlers has learned she is pregnant while undergoing drug tests at a hospital. | Ellwood City p...
The First Drug With A $1 Million Price Tag My Already Be On The Market Forbes | In March, comparing the price of a cancer drug on a per capita basis here and in India, I told drug companies how to charge $1.6 million per patient for a new drug — and get away with it. So long as companies make sure that all patients have ...
Drug-Resistant Malaria Casts A Growing Shadow in Asia Jakarta Globe Bangkok. Resistance to an anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, is suspected along the Thailand-Burma border and in southern Vietnam, but scientists are hoping that it can be contained. Artemisinin resistance emerged on the Thailand-Cambodia border around ...
Risks of mixing drugs and herbal supplements: What doctors and patients need to know PhysOrg | "'Natural' does not equal 'safe,'" and the effects and interactions of herbal or dietary supplements and functional foods such as energy drinks or nutritional bars can be difficult to predict, says Catherine Ulbricht, PharmD, co-founder of Natural ...
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Study finds early signs of malaria drug resistance in Africa PhysOrg | Researchers in London found resistance to artemether in test tube analysis of blood from 11 of 28 patients who had fallen ill after travelling in countries mainly in sub-Saharan ...
7 medicinal herbs and spices that help lower blood pressure Pakalert Press Share | Aurora Geib | NaturalNews | High blood pressure is an epidemic that is currently sweeping across America. The fast lifestyle of fast food, soda and stress is starting to ca...
Novartis tries to make UK hospitals use $1000 drug my SA | LONDON (AP) — Drug maker Novartis is taking legal action in Britain to make state-run hospitals use an eye drug that costs about 700 pounds ($1,130) per shot instead of a cheap...
Fertility drugs linked to leukaemia Belfast Telegraph Fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia, a study has shown. | Children were 2.6 times more li...
Obama's medicalization of America's war on drugs San Francisco Chronicle | President Obama's drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, doesn't like the term "drug war." He argues that none of the smart guys in law enforcement uses it. | Instead, the smart guys talk a...
Clean tables more of a health risk than dirty, study finds The Daily Telegraph Australia | BEWARE of choosing a freshly cleaned table at the local shopping centre food court it could be teeming with more bacteria than the dirty table next door. | A new study has found ...
Can't afford medications? 12 Ways to save money on medicines The Examiner | Medication prices are skyrocketing. Millions of people can't afford medicines, especially for chronic conditions, such as, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure or cholest...
The Summit of the Americas, WikiLeaks and the failed war on drugs Al Jazeera | - Back in the 1990s, when many Latin American governments were aligned with Washington's wider political and economic goals in the hemisphere, the so-called "Summits of the Ameri...
2,900-year-old Egyptian mummy had rare, cancer-like disease Zeenews Washington: About 2,900 years after he was mummified, scientists have uncovered that the ancient Egyptian man, likely in his 20s, died of a rare, canc... (photo: Creative Commons)
World Malaria Day: why the need for overseas aid? The Guardian | Malaria kills scores of people every year, despite the efforts of the international development community. But with the UK facing spending cuts, sho... (photo: UN / Michel Szulc-Kryzanowski)
Obesity costs supersede smoking costs The Examiner | One hundred and ninety billion dollars - a rather large sum of money - and the amount currently being paid to cover the growing healthcare costs o... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
1.8m now getting HIV drugs help Independent online A third of all HIV-positive South Africans are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART), far exceeding the enrolment targets of the National Strategic P... (photo: Creative Commons / e-MagineArt.com)
