Making sense of side effects
Drug package inserts can be confusing. The best way to understand drug side effects is to talk with a doctor or pharmacist. Older drugs generally have better information.
Drug package inserts can be confusing. The best way to understand drug side effects is to talk with a doctor or pharmacist. Older drugs generally have better information.
Chiropractic manipulation of the spine provided a small but short-term benefit in relieving back-related leg pain in a recent study.
Positive lifestyle choices help protect the heart and blood vessels from damage. These same steps may also work to quiet the genetic code that increases disease risk.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in older people. Other common causes include clogged arteries and a condition called dementia with Lewy bodies.
In a study, overweight men with diabetes and possible symptoms of low testosterone did not benefit from injections of extra testosterone.
Ask the doctor: Should I be screened for lung cancer?
The major factors that determine a man’s risk for prostate cancer are age, family history, and race and ethnicity. It is not proven that men at higher risk who are tested for hidden cancer are less likely to develop more advanced cancer or die from it.
For about two hours after an angry outburst, a person has a slightly higher risk of having chest pain (angina), a heart attack, a stroke, or a risky heart rhythm.
Intensive lifestyle interventions may help people with heart disease lose weight, which improves factors that worsen heart disease. Trained experts teach participants behavior changes that foster healthy eating and exercise.
Only meditation and acupuncture were deemed worth recommending as alternative therapies for side effects of breast cancer treatment.