New Treatment for Postpartum Depression
New mothers often suffer from profound and even life-threatening depression after giving birth. This can interfere with the care of
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Diabetes and Amputations
Diabetes causes damage to many different organs and systems in the body. Having high blood sugars over a long period
Do Statins Cause Diabetes?
People with high cholesterol or other risk factors for heart attacks and strokes are often prescribed medications to lower cholesterol,
New Cancer Drugs
A new class of biological medications known as bispecific antibodies may offer hope for hard to treat cancers by using
Problems with Proton Pump Inhibitors
Popular heartburn drugs like omeprazole, pantoprazole, esomeprazole and others belong to a class of medications called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).
Return of the Measles
Measles is one of the most highly contagious viruses that infects humans, and there are outbreaks occurring in several states
Blood Pressure Drug Recalls
If you are a health care professional, or a person who takes blood pressure medicine, or even just a person
Who Needs a Vitamin?
About one third of adults in the United States take a multivitamin supplement, but most of them don’t need them.
3 Ways Honey May Be Used as Medicine
Honey has a centuries-old history of use in medicine, but may be overlooked by modern healthcare providers due to the
Why You Can’t Get a Lower Cost Generic Drug
Pharmaceutical manufacturers spend millions of dollars developing, testing, and marketing new drug products. The vast majority of new chemical entities
