I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
It's not just aspirin which has come under fire recently. Other standard treatments such as thrombolysis are also being questioned after trials revealed a higher death rate. When thrombolysis is ...
Heparin (the generic name for a range of drugs, including HepLok in the US, and PumpHep and Unihep in the UK) is an anticoagulant, often used as a "just in case" therapy if there is a danger of ...
Doubt has been cast over a recent study which suggests that heparin in high doses can aid coronary arteries and make angioplasty unnecessary in some patients with heart attacks. ...
The hospital routine of giving patients the drug heparin as a just in case precaution against fatal pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung) is of no benefit, researchers have discovered. ...
Lowering serum cholesterol levels may actually increase the risk of death from stroke, recent research suggests. ...