The results of a multinational study funded by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research yielded surprising results. Eight international researchers from Britain, the Netherlands and the United States reported their findings after an exhaustive search of scientific literature on the use of antibiotics for children with Otitis Media. The paper produced by the
read moreAn article by Gardiner Harris in the August 7, 2003 New York Times highlights the issue of the dangers of Paxil, one of the world’s most prescribed antidepressants and about the entire class of these drugs that also includes Prozac and Zoloft. The article reports that unpublished studies about Paxil show that it carries a
read moreAs reported in a series of news outlets, a US federal advisory panel rejected the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) conclusion that mercury in dental fillings poses little or no health risk to patients. A September 7, 2006 USA Today story reported that by a “13-7 vote Thursday, the advisers said the federal report
read moreThe above headline comes from a July 01, 2003 Reuters Health release. The article begins by saying that according to new research, “Schools that offer students pizza and fries as alternatives to healthier lunch fare are not only encouraging children to eat high-fat foods during lunch hour, but after school and at home as well.”
read moreResearchers found in a pilot study that women who live with smokers may be up to six times more likely of developing lung cancer. The research was conducted at the City of Hope National Medical centre in Los Angeles, California. In this study, tissue cells from a group of women who lived with smokers were
read moreFrom the University of Buffalo comes an article that raises questions and concerns about the amount of medications taken by senior citizens. Dr. Wayne K. Anderson, Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences states, “Different physicians use different drugs to treat different conditions, and some of these drugs interact, in some cases exacerbating
read moreIn an interesting research project published in the July 11, 2002 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)comes a study of the effectiveness of knee surgery on the elderly. What may be most interesting about this study is that some patients in the study got “sham surgery” instead of the real thing. Presently,
read moreAre antibiotics really needed for ear infections? An article from the October 2001 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests otherwise. According to the article the medical profession is facing a situation where the antibiotics they have relied on in the past are becoming less effective, prompting physicians around the world to consider alternatives.
read moreIn the Medical Tribune June 24, 1999 is an article reporting that New York Researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy may increase the chance of their children having certain behavioral disorders. For years there has been a well-established connection between low birth-weight and mothers who smoke. But this new evidence shows the
read moreThe March 5, 2005 issue of the British Medical Journal reports on a study that shows that mothers who smoke in late pregnancy risk having children with lower intelligence. The research found that young men whose mothers smoked 20 or more cigarettes a day had IQs that were on average 6.2 points below those of
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