Q-Can you tell me about the drug Melleril, please? My handicapped daughter was put on 150 mg a day which has been reduced to 50 mg twice daily. ...
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More evidence - if more is needed - that sheep dip containing organophosphates causes ill health in farmers has been uncovered in a study from the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Surgical removal of the appendix, or appendectomy, is the most common operation in the West (BMJ, 2002; 325: 505-6): 6-8 per cent of Britons and North Americans will undergo the operation in their lifetime. Generally considered a safe and standard...
Steroids, even in low doses, can kill or maim. The common thread in the following cases was that the drugs weren't used for long periods but had a swift and devastating effect. ... ...
Last autumn, while we were all busy worrying about whether baby Leo got his MMR jab, the British government sneaked another vaccine into the preschooler booster schedule. Not just any old vaccine, but the most dangerous one of all.
The American Food and Drug Administration is being pressured to approve a supposed wonder drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, despite evidence of dangers, such as liver damage. ...
A Finnish study found that in a population with a 98 per cent immunisation rate, whooping cough infections remain common. ...
Findings from the US Nurses' Health Study showed that women who use oestrogen replacement therapy at just 0.625 mg/day have 1.35 times the risk of stroke of non users. Those taking 1.25 mg/day or ...
Two cases one in Switzerland and one in the US of haemorrhagic stroke only hours after injections of sumatriptan have recently been reported. ...
