It never rains but it pours for the HRT industry. One of the most lucrative drugs markets came crashing down with the sudden stopping of the Women’s Health Initiative trial when, last year, it was discovered that oestrogen plus progestin...
Risperdal (risperidone) is the most prescribed antipsychotic in the US and, with worldwide sales of $2.1bn, is Johnson & Johnson’s second most profitable drug.
A few walnuts in your daily diet could give you all the natural protection you need against stroke, new research has discovered. ...
HRT: Modesty forbids, but we told you so
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Twenty years of prospective follow up in the US Nurses' Health Study shows that daily HRT containing oestrogen doses of 0.625 mg or higher plus progestin may increase the risk of stroke by up to 1 ...
In my early 30s, I was prescribed dothiepin by my GP for joint pain. When I told him I was not depressed, he said you can be depressed without knowing it.
Aspirin is the world’s best-selling painkiller, with 50 billion tablets taken annually. In 2000, the British public purchased 15 tonnes of the stuff. In addition to its analgesic effects, it is hailed as a preventative for stroke, heart disease and...
Moderate wine-drinkers those who drink between three and five glasses a day halve their chances of suffering a fatal heart attack or stroke. ...
There’s a new group of drugs on the block that’s supposed to be the great hope for treating type 2 diabetes. This family of drugs is known as the ‘peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors’, and its first entrant is a drug with the generic name of...