What Doctors Don't Tell YouSaliva is the body’s first line of defence against tooth decay. It neutralises acids in the mouth, and washes away sugars and other cavity-promoting substances. Saliva also contains minerals like calcium and phosphate that help to repair teeth...
Q:Everyday, I read in the paper about how cholesterol lowering drugs have now definitely been shown to save lives. My doctor is pressing me to take pravastatin because my cholesterol is slightly e ...
A number of classes of drugs can cause cerebral hemorrhage or infarction. These include: ... ...
Cases of chemicals and drugs causing temporary or permanent insulin dependent diabetes are well documented in the medical literature. These and others suspected of causing diabetes include: ... ...
When a single drug doesn’t sort out a health issue, doctors tend to throw two at the problem. So medicine came up with the idea of hypertensive drug ‘teams’. A firm favourite is a thiazide diuretic (the oldest mainstay of hypertension treatment)...
A recent analysis of 37,151 patients receiving atenolol (a long-acting beta-blocker) or metoprolol (a short-acting beta-blocker) in patients aged over 65 undergoing elective surgery found that those given long-acting atenolol had a far lower cardiac...
