In what’s been called a complete about-face, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement saying metal dental fillings, which are about half mercury, may lead to health problems in vulnerable individuals such as pregnant or nursing…
Although most commonly known as an effective antidepressant medication, fluoxetine, marketed under the brand name Prozac, was shown to be effective in slowing the progression of the relapsing remitting type of multiple sclerosis (MS), with fewer areas of inflammation occurring…
Italian researchers have just announced the impressive findings of a study using an oral medication to combat attacks of the disease and prolong the time between relapses. The most effective drugs used today - beta interferon and glatiramer - reduce…
A multinational study of the effects of smoking cigarettes on the people of China has led to the alarming conclusion that smokers face serious risk of stroke, with the risk increasing the longer and heavier a person smokes.
A study reported in the Feb. 14, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that a drug therapy currently used to treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis had a significant effect in treating the most common form…
