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...
Options increase for CML patients failed by existing drugs PhysOrg | Patients with both leukemias have enjoyed strong responses to imatinib (Gleevec) and second-generation drugs nilotinib (Tasigna) and dasatinib (Sprycel). All work by inhibiting proteins called tyrosine kinases on leukemia cells, in particular the a...
Alexza's agitation drug gets FDA approval Daily Press | (Reuters) - Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. health regulators approved Adasuve, making it the first treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that can be inhaled. | Adasuve, which delivers an older antipsychotic drug called loxapine...
Alexza's agitation drug gets FDA approval Sun Sentinel | (Reuters) - Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. health regulators approved Adasuve, making it the first treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that can be inhaled. | Adasuve, which delivers an older antipsychotic drug called loxapine...
Flu Drug Tamiflu OK for Babies Under 1: FDA US News But dose for these tots must be calibrated to their weight, agency says | FRIDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as two weeks old can now be given the flu medication Tamiflu under an expanded approval announced Friday by the U.S. Food ...
Alexza's agitation drug gets FDA approval Reuters | n">Dec 21 (Reuters) - Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. health regulators approved Adasuve, making it the first treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that can be inhaled. | Adasuve, which delivers an older antipsychotic drug calle...
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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)
