Documents tagged 'Drugs'
Published: 21/11/2008
A combination of fertility drugs and surgical procedures are frequently used to begin treatment either ahead of or during In Vitro Fertilization. The drugs can help a woman begin ovulating if they are erratic or if they aren\'t ovulating, and function in a similar manner to the body\'s hormone\'s...
Published: 19/11/2008
Smoking is its own punishment.
But many smokers are being doubly punished these days with 1) a smoking cessation drug that might actually be worse for you than smoking, and 2) a new vaccine recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It\'s enough to inspire you to...
Published: 17/11/2008
Doctors lying to us? No way, but here is proof. They\'re lying to you. Your doctors, the drug companies, your HMO.
They\'re all perpetuating dangerous medical myths, and for all the wrong reasons. Sometimes it\'s to cut costs. Sometimes it\'s to sell more drugs. And sometimes it\'s just...
Published: 16/11/2008
There are over one hundred different types of arthritis diseases, each one having its own list of causes, symptoms and intervention methods. Arthritis suffers are most likely to report pain as one of their symptoms. An arthritis sufferer must learn how to control this pain effectively.
There...
Published: 15/11/2008
Adolescents who experiment with drugs and alcohol couldn’t pick a worse time in their lives to do it. At that stage in their mental development, the part of the brain that tells them to experiment with drugs is much farther advanced than the part that’s supposed to lend a little judgment to...
Published: 15/11/2008
The unregulated supply of Aids drugs in the non-industrialised world threatens to accelerate the development of drug-resistant HIV strains. That is the conclusion of a study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, just published in the British Medical Journal. The study...
Published: 15/11/2008
Up to 350,000 children in the UK have at least one parent who suffers from a serious drug addiction, according to a groundbreaking report published today. In the first of its kind, Hidden Harm, reveals that about two to three per cent of all children in England and Wales under the age of 16...
Published: 15/11/2008
Drugs could be carried more efficiently to tackle brain tumours by encasing them in specially-designed ’nanoparticles’, say researchers. It could allow higher doses of more toxic drugs to be used without fear that widespread damage to tissues will be caused. A fundamental problem with...
Published: 15/11/2008
Drug companies will not be able to advertise prescription medicines direct to the public, after EU health ministers voted to uphold restrictions. Last year, the European Commission suggested patients with Aids, asthma and diabetes should be allowed to obtain ’disease education’ information...
Published: 15/11/2008
A federal judge granted a request by the Food and Drug Administration Thursday to shut down Rx Depot, a popular Internet company that sells cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. The government’s move has proved controversial because of growing support from senior citizens who have been...
