Every 7 years I take a test to maintain my medical board certification. This test is prepared by the American Board of Family Medicine. The last time I took the test I clearly remember a multiple choice question regarding osteoarthritis. The choice...
Aspirin: no surprise there, then
Lowering serum cholesterol levels may actually increase the risk of death from stroke, recent research suggests. ...
Hard on the heels of the COX-2 debacle, the US Food and Drug Administration, which somehow seems to have developed a conscience, has recently issued a Public Health Advisory targeting all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as worthy of...
Aspirin, codeine phosphate and paracetamol are such common over the counter painkillers (analgesics) that people take them almost without thinking. ...
A new trial has shown that warfarin or warfarin plus aspirin are 20 to 30 per cent better than aspirin alone in preventing composite vascular events after myocardial infarction (MI).
In the heady world of the pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable industry in the world - where world sales doubled in the last five years - the pressure is always intense to develop new product.
Readers’ letters
Several cases of children born from assisted conception developing tumours have come to light. ... ...
Ray Sahelian MD
What Doctors Don't Tell You