What Doctors Don't Tell YouHIV positive women are often told not to breastfeed in order to prevent transmission of the virus to their child. However, a new study suggests that this advice is overly cautious. ...
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Patients who take over the counter analgesics containing acetaminophen, such as paracetamol, are more likely to develop kidney failure than those who take aspirin. ...
Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly dispensed for the aches and pains of the elderly. A recent study, however, suggests that this group of people may be the most vulnerable ...
In WDDTY vol 15 no 9 (page 3), you state that antihistamines are “often wrongly used to induce sleep”. Please explain what harm this will do. I find that a half tablet of Nytol works very well. I will be very disappointed to be discouraged from...
Another anti-inflammatory bites the dust. Another COX-2 inhibitor has been shot down by the FDA. Having spent the last two months reviewing the safety of the COX-2-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the US regulatory agency...
The HIV test for detecting AIDS is surrounded by controversy. Leaving aside the arguments about the supposed link between HIV and AIDS - still hotly debated in medical circles - the test
HIV infection is not so easily spread by heterosexual sex as scientists had feared. ...
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Aspirin, widely used to prevent heart attacks and stroke, may be doing more harm than good, say scientists. ...
