Tuesday, May 15, 2012

GARLIC CAN CAUSE INCREASED BLEEDING. RISKS OF “NATURAL” MEDICINES

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Herbal medicines are not always the harmless nostrums that many patients and even some physicians think, but may actually contribute to ca...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Boxed Warning Added to Clopidogrel [PLAVIX] Label

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Prescribing information for clopidogrel (Plavix) will now include a boxed warning that the drug can be less effective in poor metabolizers, ...
Friday, April 13, 2012

40,000 Former Clinic Patients Notified About Possible Exposure To Blood-Borne Diseases Because Of Unsafe Injection Practices.

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Nurse anesthetists reusing single-dose medicine vials among different patients led to as many as 115 people who contracted hepatitis C becau...
Friday, March 30, 2012

HOW ACCURATE ARE NUTRITION PACKAGE LABELS?

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According to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, "prepared foods may contain an average of 8% more c...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Sharing hospital room may increase infection risk during stay

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Sharing a hospital room increases your risk of picking up an infection during your stay, a new study shows." The work, by researchers f...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Autism increases in the US

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Almost one percent of American children had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a large CDC surveillance study whose lead author called the...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Abdominal surgeries riskier for older adults than previously thought

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About 2 million older adults undergo abdominal surgeries in the U.S. every year, a number that's expected to grow as the proportion of o...