The medical establishment has been at pains lately to quell public fears about vaccinations. These fears have largely been aroused by researchers in the US, who have suggested that immunisation may induce diabetes in susceptible individuals (Infect...
Most of the so called inactive ingredients added to food and drugs to make them more appealing can have as many side effects as drugs themselves. ...
Dispensing a cocktail of drugs is now every doctor's stock in trade. But new evidence shows that many drugs interact with food and other drugs, and the risk of side effects skyrockets, the more dr ...
If you have a life threatening condition, the chances are that the drug selected to treat you will be. . . life threatening. Drastic measures for drastic times, you might say. Or perhaps: if the i ...
Levodopa, or L-Dopa, is the cornerstone of conventional treatment for Parkinson's disease, particularly among the over 70s. Other drugs are usually tried first on younger sufferers because of the ...
The heart drug Posicor (mibefradil dihydrochloride) has been withdrawn by the manufacturer after it caused cardiogenic shock in four patients one of whom died. ...
"Reason to be cheerful" chirrups the advertisement for sertraline, a heavyweight antidepressant for people who have suffered a major bout of depression, and who may have attempted suicide. Manufac ...
Medicine is always on the look out for a wonder drug that can miraculously tackle anything it's put up against. Take aspirin, for instance, a painkiller that became the cure all of the century, w ...
Of late, the marketing men at several drug companies have been mounting an assault on Prozac, the antidepressant that seems to have become a lifeline for a nervous generation.
I am a 75-year-old woman who, 10 years ago, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm) and put on digoxin. At that time, I was going to exercise classes and leading a reasonably active life.
What Doctors Don't Tell You