Grapefruit Is a Culprit In More Drug Reactions The New York Times By RONI CARYN RABIN | The Consumer | Advice on money and health. | The patient didn’t overdose on medication. She overdosed on grapefruit juice. | The 42-year-old was barely responding when her husband brought her to the emergency room. Her heart rate was slowing, and her blood pressure was fallin...
Prescription drugs Brittany may have been taking The Examiner | Tweet | 0 Email | Report | Photo 1 of 9 | Ativan is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety. (photo Wikimedia Commons Public Domain) | Ativan is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety. (photo Wikimedia Commons Public Domain)Fluoxetine is used for de...
Are mind-altering drugs behind the Connecticut shooting? (Video) The Examiner | Many prescribed medications or illegal drugs alter the brain and may lead to violence. In reference to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Brenda Goodman, MA has written an article on WebMD concerning the supposed illness called Aspergerâ...
Merck Says Niacin Combination Drug Failed in Trial The New York Times The drugmaker Merck announced Thursday that a combination of niacin and another medicine failed to protect against heart attacks and strokes in a large clinical trial, and that the company will no longer pursue approval of the combination drug in the...
Dying man's long wait for news on life-extending drug NZ Herald | Murray Crockett survived prostate cancer, only to be diagnosed with advanced melanoma. Now he is hanging on to the hope that he can be given a new drug. | But he's been waiting for more than nine weeks for a decision from GlaxoSmithKline on whether...
Authorities keep watch on 'new' drug Stuff | The Ministry of Health says it does not know whether a new formula of synthetic cannabis product K2 is legal and says retailers are taking a risk selling a potentially illegal drug. | However, Invercargill police and Public Health South believe the...
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Movement, the best medicine The Hindu It is about pain, age and joints. It is arthritis, an ailment already widespread and is on a relentless march. We know its power to cripple, its capacity to reduce mobility. Respec...
Drug may aid sleep apnea symptoms at high altitude Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with sleep apnea can safely travel to high altitudes with the help of a diuretic and a commonly used breathing device, a new study from Switzerla...
43 drugs can have adverse reactions with grapefruit The Charlotte Observer | Twenty years ago, Canadian researchers discovered that grapefruit interferes with the body’s metabolism of certain drugs, including the immunosuppressant cyclosporine and ...
Cranberries lend beautiful color to a festive table The Examiner | Most notably served as a saucy side dish during Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, the cranberry also offers much in the way of health and nutrition. | The North American cranbe...
Researchers make key discovery in fight against Alzheimer's disease PhysOrg | Jack Jhamandas, a researcher with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the U of A, is the principal investigator with the team whose research resu... (photo: Creative Commons / Tim & Selena Middleton)
Vitamin D reduces the risk of developing autism The Siasat Daily | Washington, December 18: | Researchers have found additional evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk of developing autism by half. | The study exam... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Amerca's obesity epidemic now affects military The Florida Times Union | The U.S. obesity crisis is a national epidemic that will bankrupt the health care system and affect the national quality of life for generations. | ... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Antidepressant could do double duty as diabetes drug The Siasat Daily | Washington, December 16: | The commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could also help treat the vascular complications of diabetes, US researc... (photo: Creative Commons / danieljordahl)
