After 20 years of these so-called miracle antidepressants, psychiatrists are shocked to discover that drug companies withheld information about the risks of this class of drugs - and with the tacit approval of the drug regulators. It all started so...
The problem of obesity has taken on epidemic proportions over the last few years. In 1998, a report by the UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) revealed that 17 out of 100 men and 21 out of 100 women were obese. At this time, about...
A new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy doesn’t help incontinence, one of the reasons it’s prescribed.
Paul Shattock and his colleagues first discovered the opioid-peptide connection with autism when studying the research on the behavioural effects of opioids, such as morphine, on animals.
Q:Recently I had occasion to visit my GP as a migraine attack had occurred, far worse than I had experienced previously, shortly followed by another. ...
It is with great relief that we can report on the speed and efficiency of our drugs watchdogs, which act to protect us. In the UK this week, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHPRA) has pronounced that the antidepressant...
More on the cholesterol debate (WDDTY Vol 3 No 1). ...
What is fibromyalgia? Once called ‘fibrositis’, the patient has tight and tender spots in his muscles, and suffers general fatigue. To qualify as a fibromyalgia sufferer, at least 11 of 17 specific body points should be significantly tender...
* Larium under investigation
The US army has launched a study into the side-effects of antimalarial drug mofloquine (Lariam) following allegations that the drug might be linked to suicides
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