What Doctors Don't Tell YouPeople with asthma who take high doses of inhaled and nasal steroids are as likely to develop glaucoma as those taking them orally. Investigators from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Cana ...
And speaking of new drugs, murmurs in the press have arisen about side effects of Glaxo's new wonder migraine drug sumatriptan on the eve of its launch in the UK. ...
Assumptions about the protective effect of oestrogen may have been overstated. New information, while far from conclusive, suggests that postmenopausal women with higher levels of circulating end ...
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 ...
One of the most popular drugs for treating high blood pressure actually raises the risk of a heart attack by 60 per cent. ...
Small children are much more likely to have asthma if they live in Japan than in China, new figures on worldwide childhood asthma rates reveal. But if you're around 14 years old, you're more likel ...
The US National Institutes of Health is about to launch a study of the benefits of alternative medical treatments, including nutrition, acupuncture, homoepathy and oriental medicine. ...
Mammograms are no longer recommended in New Zealand for women under the age of 50. ...
Meningitis is the main cause of malpractice suits against pediatricians, especially in the US, with average payouts reaching $400,000. Most are due to a failure to diagnose the condition promptly, ...
Under a draft directive from the European Commission, vitamins and mineral supplements will be reclassified as medicines and subject to "legislative discipline" if Britain agrees to be harmonized ...
