What Doctors Don't Tell YouBilly Flynn would have been devastated. For once, the ol’ razzle-dazzle just didn’t work. GlaxoSmithKline, the UK’s largest drug conglomerate, which has grown fatter and fatter acquiring pharmaceutical small fry
Lustral (sertraline), or Zoloft, as it’s sold in the US, is back in the news, but for all the wrong reasons. It is among the ‘gang of eight’ antidepressants named by the Food and Drug Administration,
Ever heard of ototoxicity? It’s the hearing loss caused by platinum-based chemotherapy drugs, and it appears to occur more frequently - and is more severe - than reported.
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Goldenseal, which was suggested last week to fight the infection causing impetigo, cannot be used long term and is effectiveness is reduced after 2 weeks, replied a reader. Impetigo is a systemic staph infection, so cleansing the lymphatic system by...
Parents have suspected it for the longest time. Now scientists have confirmed it. Watching television can stop children from getting a good night's sleep. Researchers from the University of Florence have found that television viewing can reduce...
Prozac is not the only mood-altering drug approved for use in children. In fact, a number of drugs have been cleared for use in the under-18s even though few have been safety-tested in this age group
Studies have revealed that three different species of animals developed cancer (including skin cancer and lymphomas) after topical applications of Elidel (pimecrolimus) and Protopic (tacrolimus) eczema creams. The effects of Elidel and Protopic on...
Acute otitis media is a painful and nasty disease of the middle ear in children, which doctors usually treat with courses of antibiotics. Unfortunately, this often offers only a short-lived reprieve, if any, and the child may sometimes have to...
