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Health

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All

People who are not ready to quit smoking right now, but they want to reduce their smoking are twice...
» read full story April 06th, 2009 - 14:01
FDA Approves of Lilly, Daiichi Anti-Clot Drug

FDA Approves of Lilly, Daiichi Anti-Clot Drug

  Friday, the Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead to Eli Lilly and Company’s...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 20:27
ADHD Medication May Cause Hallucinations

ADHD Medication May Cause Hallucinations

Children taking medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may experience...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 14:32
Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer

Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer

A new study presented by the Woman Health Initiative (WHI) at the San Antonio Breast Cancer...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 11:52
Vitamins Don’t Lower Prostate Cancer Risk, Studies Conclude

Vitamins Don’t Lower Prostate Cancer Risk, Studies Conclude

It’s time to forget about the saying “a vitamin a day keeps cancer away,” as more and more cancer...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 10:34
Vitamins C, E And Selenium Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Vitamins C, E And Selenium Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Two large trials revealed that selenium, vitamin E and C didn’t reduce the risk of developing...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 01:35
Taking Vitamins C and E Doesn’t Help Prevent Heart Diseases

Taking Vitamins C and E Doesn’t Help Prevent Heart Diseases

So far, it was widely believed that vitamins C and E help reduce the risk of developing heart...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 20:24
Crestor and Its Effects

Crestor and Its Effects

The drug Crestor, e new comer designed to lower cholesterol, has also been proven to lower the risk...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 18:20
Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin D in Breast Cancer Prevention

Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin D in Breast Cancer Prevention

A new study in the online edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute adds to the...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 14:30

Treating Inflammation May Protect The Heart

Doctors didn’t know for sure if treating inflammation might prevent people from getting a heart...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 23:32
Vitamin E, Selenium Don't Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

Vitamin E, Selenium Don't Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

The National Cancer Institute has announced its decision to suspend a study on the benefits of...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 12:00
Update: Vitamin E, Selenium Don’t Lower Occurrence Of Prostate Cancer

Update: Vitamin E, Selenium Don’t Lower Occurrence Of Prostate Cancer

Thousands of men across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada taking part in a study to see...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 08:12
Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements Don't  Prevent Prostate Cancer

Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements Don't Prevent Prostate Cancer

Selenium and vitamin E supplements failed to prevent prostate cancer – this was the conclusion of...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 14:08
Placebos Are Regularly Prescribed by Doctors without Patients’ Knowledge

Placebos Are Regularly Prescribed by Doctors without Patients’ Knowledge

About half of the American doctors responding to a nationwide survey say they regularly prescribe...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 14:58
Is The Patient’s Peace of Mind The Most Efficient Healing Strategy?

Is The Patient’s Peace of Mind The Most Efficient Healing Strategy?

According to a new study published in the BMJ – formerly the British Medical Journal, U.S. doctors...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 23:20
Placebos, Regularly Prescribed By Doctors

Placebos, Regularly Prescribed By Doctors

A survey recently showed that the use of placebos may be more widespread than thought, as many...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 20:37
Placebos Administered By Half Of The U.S. Doctors

Placebos Administered By Half Of The U.S. Doctors

A U.S. nationwide service, conducted on a representative lot of doctors , specifically 679...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 18:30
50% of Doctors Prescribe Placebo Treatment Regularly

50% of Doctors Prescribe Placebo Treatment Regularly

A nationwide survey carried out among doctors showed that approximately 50% of them prescribe...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 16:13
Prescribing Placebos - A Common Practice Among US Doctors

Prescribing Placebos - A Common Practice Among US Doctors

More than half of American doctors prescribe placebos to make their patients feel better, according...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 11:03
Vitamin B - Useless In Treating Alzheimer’s

Vitamin B - Useless In Treating Alzheimer’s

Fighting Alzheimer’s is proving more difficult by the day, as the merciless disease has become...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 19:56

St. John's Wort Can Be "as Good as Prozac"

Hamburg, Germany - St. John's Wort can be as good at lifting depression as pharmaceutical drugs...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 09:53
FDA Study: Statins Don’t Pose Risk Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

FDA Study: Statins Don’t Pose Risk Of Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins do not increase the incidence of amyotrophic lateral...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:30
Experimental Drug Halts Alzheimer’s Decline in Early Trial

Experimental Drug Halts Alzheimer’s Decline in Early Trial

British researchers said on Tuesday that an Alzheimer’s drug designed to attack abnormal tangles...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:15
Depression Medication Not Much Better than Placebos

Depression Medication Not Much Better than Placebos

A study in the journal PLoS Medicine found that popular antidepressants aren't much better at...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 21:55
Hormone Therapy Linked to a Higher Risk of Abnormal Mammograms

Hormone Therapy Linked to a Higher Risk of Abnormal Mammograms

A new study reveals that women who take combined hormone therapy for about five years have a...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 12:51
Caffeine Shown to Raise Blood Sugar In Diabetics

Caffeine Shown to Raise Blood Sugar In Diabetics

Caffeine consumption could have a negative effect on people suffering from type 2 diabetes, raising...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 17:02
Placebo Effect Frequently Sought by Doctors

Placebo Effect Frequently Sought by Doctors

A group of researchers at the University of Chicago were surprised to find how common prescribing...
» read full story January 04th, 2008 - 14:44
Schizophrenia Could Be Treated with Fewer Side Effects

Schizophrenia Could Be Treated with Fewer Side Effects

A new drug that addresses schizophrenia symptoms has shown considerably less side effects than the...
» read full story September 03rd, 2007 - 21:54
FDA Approves Lybrel, The Contraceptive For Continous Use

FDA Approves Lybrel, The Contraceptive For Continous Use

On Tuesday, FDA approved the first birth-control pill for continuous use that will stop a woman...
» read full story May 22nd, 2007 - 20:30
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Science

Anxiety In Children Better Treated with Combined Therapy

Anxiety In Children Better Treated with Combined Therapy

A recent study shows that children suffering from anxiety disorder manifest better results when...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 20:20
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U.S.

Update: Doctors Prescribe Placebos Without Patients’ Knowledge

Update: Doctors Prescribe Placebos Without Patients’ Knowledge

Prescribing placebos has become a common thing among US doctors, with more than half of them...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 14:21
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Specials

Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Vitamins C, E Fail To Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Two large trials revealed that selenium, vitamin E and C didn’t reduce the risk of developing...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 07:48

Ginkgo Unable to Fight Against Dementia

The popular herbal supplement ginkgo biloba does not prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 16:07
Herbal Supplement Gingko Biloba Fails In Preventing, Slowing Dementia

Herbal Supplement Gingko Biloba Fails In Preventing, Slowing Dementia

Millions of seniors take ginkgo biloba, hoping that the herbal supplement will prevent or slow the...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 00:29
Supplements Don't  Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk

Supplements Don't Reduce Cancer, Heart Disease Risk

A long-term study of more than 14,000 male physicians concluded that taking daily supplements of...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 14:25

The Ig Nobels – Far From Ignoble

Harvard hosted, yet again, the 2008 edition of the Ig Nobel Awards. “Ig Nobel” is a clever...
» read full story October 05th, 2008 - 16:06

Dietary Supplements Don’t Slow Cartilage Loss in Arthritis Patients

Arthritis’ drugs glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate might no longer be prescribed as they proved...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 15:40
Popular Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin No Good for Arthritis

Popular Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin No Good for Arthritis

Popular dietary supplements – glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate – proved no better than placebos...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 15:46
Fish-Oil Can Reduce Heart-Failure Mortality Rate

Fish-Oil Can Reduce Heart-Failure Mortality Rate

A study conducted by a team of 357 Italian cardiology centers has found that omega-3...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 22:30
FDA Decides on Epilepsy Drug Situation

FDA Decides on Epilepsy Drug Situation

Although an advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration said certain epilepsy drugs may...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 13:53
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