MEDICINE & HEALTH

Scientists Call For Urgent Trials To Judge Flu Drugs For Pandemics

MEDICINE & HEALTH 10.07.2015 23:15 PM

Scientists still don't know if two commonly-used flu drugs -- Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza -- really work in seasonal or pandemic flu outbreaks and say robust clinical trials are urgently needed to find out.

Baby, Maternal Deaths Soar In Sierra Leone On Ebola Fear --Researchers

10.07.2015 23:07 PM

Maternal and newborn deaths in Sierra Leone have soared since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as fear of being infected and mistrust of health workers deter pregnant women from giving birth in health facilities, researchers said on Tuesday.

FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Long-Awaited Diabetes Drug

10.06.2015 22:52 PM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Tresiba, two years after rejecting the long-acting form of insulin.

Mental Health Discussions Opens To Aboriginal Communities

10.06.2015 22:27 PM

The awareness on mental health was raised to indigenous peoples. Aboriginal people have a unique and diverse culture with an interesting and rich history.

Over-The-Counter Pharmacy Prohibits After Codeine Related Deaths

10.06.2015 22:17 PM

A movement was created calling to educate the people who are using Codeine drugs. Related deaths in Australia have been more than doubled in number between the year 2000 and 2009.

Chronic Pain Is Linked To Ringing of Ears

10.06.2015 21:57 PM

The ringing of ears can affect the same impaired brain processes behind chronic pain and this might have to take into considerations when experienced.

Fentanyl Drugs Heightens Public Health Crisis In Calgary

10.06.2015 21:57 PM

Fetanyl is a common content in drugs. However, safety precautions are needed for this type of substance.

Calcium Intake Is Not Good For Bones -- Experts

10.06.2015 21:56 PM

For so long, everyone thought that calcium is good for the bones. Men and women of all ages are even advising to take as much as calcium for healthier and stronger bones.

Leiomodin 2 (Lmod2): A Key to Treat Nemaline Myopathy

10.06.2015 21:56 PM

Understanding not only how the molecule works, but also to help us understand how this type of family works as the leiomodin family is a large one

Mislabeled Medicine: Increased Of Destructive Cases

10.01.2015 03:55 AM

People must be read over and over again the labels of their medicines. Mislabeling a prescription involves misidentifying the drug in the container, printing the improper use of instructions on a drug label or including insufficient or invalid warnings surrounding the use of the drug.

Heart Effects Of Saturated Fats May Depend On Overall Diet

10.01.2015 02:03 AM

While experts continue to debate the health effects of saturated fat, a new U.S. study suggests its link to heart disease depends on what else a person eats.

Worst Long Term Effect Of Abortion

09.30.2015 23:01 PM

By the age of forty-five, two out of every five women has had an abortion. Perhaps it is the significance of this number that makes the abortion debate so heated.

Maternal Deaths: In Vitro Fertilization Effect

09.30.2015 20:04 PM

In Vitro Fertilization or commonly known as IVF is a crucial procedure that may lead to sever damages not only to ones' health, but also for the baby that is carried inside the uterus.

Lyme Disease 2015: Increase Risk Area And Victims

09.30.2015 19:40 PM

Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease that is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is then transmitted to humans by the deer tick.

Video Games: Commomly Played Prior To The Death Of Students

09.28.2015 02:14 AM

Online gaming is a habit that people end up being addicted. Research shows an alaming negative effect on their health that could lead to death.

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