Harrison’s Principals of Internal Medicine, Vol. Which diuretic is best for you depends on your health and the condition being treated. What are thiazide diuretics drugs the thiazides evolved as antihypertensive therapy”. This material is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Below, we have grouped the… Read More »
Two cannabis-based medicines, used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, have been approved for use by the NHS in England. It follows new guidelines from the drugs advisory body NICE, which looked at products for several conditions. Charities have welcomed the move, although some campaigners who have been fighting for access to the drugs have… Read More »
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The escalating global recall of Zantac, the heartburn pill that once ranked as the world’s best-selling drug, has its roots not in government oversight or a high-profile lawsuit, but in a tiny online pharmacy here whose founders feared that U.S. drugs might not be as safe as people think. The pharmacy,… Read More »
In 1992, a University of Rochester pharmacologist named Michael Weintraub published a study on a drug combination that appeared to produce never-before-seen weight loss. By week 34, his subjects — 121 volunteers — lost, on average, 30 pounds. What’s more, they rated the fenfluramine-plus-phentermine regimen not only more helpful than placebo, but also not terribly “bothersome.” The tiny study… Read More »
Dr. Zalzala hopes to serve the growing market of people interested in anti-aging treatments. One of the many wild medical pursuits in Silicon Valley is the effort to slow down the aging process. Sajad Zalzala is trying to make it a reality. Zalzala, a 38-year-old family medicine doctor based in the Detroit area, has just… Read More »
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2019 — New drugs cured two Ebola patients in Congo, which shows that people can recover from the highly lethal disease if it’s diagnosed and treated early, doctors say. “These cases were detected very quickly. The husband was infected, he was at home for 10 days and his wife and son were… Read More »