Medical News
November 12th, 2009
Women who are diagnosed with a fairly uncommon form of breast cancer are much more likely to suffer from recurrence and threat of spreading. Now researchers have found that these women may reduce the risks through treatment with the breast cancer prescription drug Herceptin.
Research has been conducted in the United States and Italy which studied [...]
November 10th, 2009
A new way to help people lose weight has been found with the diabetes medication liraglutide. This prescription drug has been found to help obese people without diabetes lose weight.
Authors of the study have also revealed surprising information that shows that high doses of liraglutide can be more successful at helping shed pounds than the [...]
November 4th, 2009
Resveratrol, a compound found most commonly in red wine, may be developed into a treatment for type 2 diabetes. But don’t start chugging back the merlot or popping resveratrol drugs just yet.
It was discovered that by injecting resveratrol into the brains of mice who were given a high-calorie diet the compound was found to decrease [...]
November 3rd, 2009
Consumers are being warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today to be cautious if purchasing prescription drugs through the Internet meant to detect, prevent, fix or completely cure the H1N1 swine flu virus. The FDA made the warning after purchasing and examining products that were sold as Tamiflu (oseltamivir) on suspicious websites.
It is [...]
November 2nd, 2009
U.S. President Obama and his administration have decided that it’s high time to relax the medical marijuana laws in the United States. There will no longer be prosecution of medical marijuana users or suppliers, as long as laws of the individual states are followed.
The changes of the guidelines were sent to federal prosecutors recently and [...]
