It’s been just a few short months since Avastin (bevacizumab) was being hailed as the great new breakthrough drug for cancer therapy. It is the first drug designed to stop angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels to carry vital nutrients...
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Women who suffer from migraines are nearly 17 times more likely to have a stroke if they are also on the Pill, new research has discovered. ...
Stroke victims can reduce their dosage of aspirin by nine tenths and still prevent further recurrences. ...
How safe is safe? Is a drug safe, for instance, if it undergoes trials involving 20,000 people, and no serious adverse reactions are reported? ...
A new British review has concluded that a woman taking HRT is more likely to contract a life-threatening disease than be protected against one.
Risperdal (risperidone) is the most prescribed antipsychotic in the US and, with worldwide sales of $2.1bn, is Johnson & Johnson’s second most profitable drug.
Reducing salt in your diet will not help lessen the risks of high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack. The long cherished belief that salt was a major culprit in raising blood pressure has bee ...
The legendary football manager Bill Shankly once quipped: 'Some say that football is a matter of life or death. But it’s much more serious than that.'
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