Archive for August, 2009
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Monday, August 31st, 2009Heart patients can safely take drugs to prevent blood clots from forming with pills to protect the stomach against heartburn and ulcers, a study found.
The results should ease concerns that mixing the medications may reduce the effectiveness of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA’s Plavix blood thinner, used daily by millions of people to [...]
Smokers have much more success kicking the habit when they get help
Monday, August 31st, 2009Sean Bruna had smoked for about 10 years when he decided to face his nicotine addiction head-on last September.
But Bruna, who started smoking in college, soon found it was much tougher than he had thought to kick his habit, which sometimes was up to a pack of cigarettes a day.
He dropped the cigarettes and started [...]
Astra’s Crestor shows preventive effect in elderly
Monday, August 31st, 2009Source: Reuters
* Over 70s see 39 pct risk reduction in trial
* New analysis may widen drug use in elderly
AstraZeneca’s anti-cholesterol drug Crestor cuts the risk of heart attacks, strokes, artery-clearing procedures and death in apparently healthy elderly patients, as well as those who are middle-aged.
A new analysis of the so-called Jupiter study, released on Monday at [...]
Depression and The Recession: Cymbalta Sales Are on the Rise
Sunday, August 30th, 2009During a downturn, we tend to seek the “bright spots” — sectors or products that are doing well when all the rest are struggling. For example, there were plenty of reports over the past year about retail items — lipstick, chocolate, and macaroni and cheese — that were bucking downward trends and selling well during [...]
Reflux Rebound
Saturday, August 29th, 2009If you are like millions of Americans, you probably suffer from acid reflux, at least once in a while. And many take acid-blocking drugs to relieve the symptoms. However, sometimes those drugs can end up causing the very problem they’re meant to treat.
Its a phenomenon called rebound that’s well known in other areas of medicine. [...]
Investigators evaluate role medication adherence plays in asthma patient outcomes.
Saturday, August 29th, 2009MedPage Today (8/27, Bankhead) reported, “Oral controller medications led to better asthma outcomes compared with inhaled steroids because patients were more likely to take the drugs,” according to a paper appearing in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. When “adherence was not an issue, inhaled corticosteroids reduced the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalization and were associated [...]
Treatments and Remedies to Ease Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Afflicting one in seven women, the symptoms of IBS are rampant, but correct diagnoses are not.
By Janis Graham
Some things just hit you in the gut: Rumors are heating up in your office that there are going to be more layoffs, or the principal calls (your eighth grader is acting up again), and your belly suddenly [...]
Tenofovir Not Necessarily Hard on the Kidneys
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Tenofovir (found in Viread, Truvada and Atripla) as part of a first HIV regimen isn’t necessarily harder on the kidneys than drugs such as Ziagen (abacavir), according to a study published online August 25 in AIDS. The combination of tenofovir with a Norvir (ritonavir)–boosted protease inhibitor (PI), however, did demonstrate reductions in kidney function.
Though most [...]
Know how to battle that headache
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Source: Dallas Morning News
When it comes to fighting headaches, instant gratification is ideal. It’s easy to pop a couple of pain pills and move on with your daily activities. But doctors say the most common remedy used by headache sufferers could actually be a major source of the problem.
Too many pain relievers can ultimately make [...]
WHO chief urges preparedness for second wave of swine flu.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009AFP (8/21) reports, “World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan on Friday urged governments to prepare for a likely second wave of swine flu cases, cautioning they will face tough decisions on how to dispense vaccines. ‘We cannot say for certain whether the worst is over or the worst is yet to come,’ Chan said via [...]
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