What Doctors Don't Tell YouA new British review has concluded that a woman taking HRT is more likely to contract a life-threatening disease than be protected against one.
Q I’ve just had what my doctors call a ‘transient ischaemic attack, or TIA. For about 20 minutes, my sight blurred and dimmed, and I lost my hearing and ability to speak.
The world's press has gleefully jumped on the study that suggests high doses of vitamin E could increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The risks were associated with daily doses of around 400 IU (international units) or above.
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The Alzheimer’s drug Reminyl (galantamine hydrobromide) could prove fatal to patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, the company that makes the drug. The warning was issued to healthcare professionals...
While small doses of aspirin may protect women from stroke, higher amounts raise the risk, suggests a large, long term study in the US. ...
A recent study which claimed that aspirin was a useful prophylactic for stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (BMJ, 1999; 319: 958-64) has been resoundingly criticised by several medics. ...
A new trial has shown that warfarin or warfarin plus aspirin are 20 to 30 per cent better than aspirin alone in preventing composite vascular events after myocardial infarction (MI).
Diuretics were invented 70 years ago to reduce body swelling due to water retention. They are based on relatively simple chemical formulas that work by encouraging the kidneys to expel more urine,
Conventional treatment of high blood pressure is failing to prevent men from dying from heart disease in fact, it may even be increasing the risk of heart problems. ...
Air pollution could be a major cause of respiratory disease, including asthma in children. This finding, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, is the latest in a growing list of re ...
