I heard about a study that found that ARBs can cause cancer. I am taking one, Cozaar, because of high blood pressure. Should I stop taking it?
A study of two drugs used to treat macular degeneration found no added risk of heart disease or death compared to older treatments.
The increase in obesity and type 2 diabetes among Americans has led to an increase in fatty liver disease. Weight loss and exercise are the mainstays of treatment.
Getting a full night’s sleep may help the body lose more fat.
A study of patients with Alzheimer’s disease found that taking the omega-3 fat DHA did not affect the progression of the disease.
More people are now abusing prescription opioid painkillers than any other prescription drug or even cocaine, and the abuse is particularly high among teenagers.
Two separate studies found evidence of a relationship between generalized anxiety disorder and higher risk of a heart attack or other cardiac event.
My husband has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Someone suggested that metacognitive therapy might help him become better organized. What is that?
Hospital stays for diarrhea dropped after a rotavirus vaccine was introduced, new research finds. This virus is the biggest cause of winter diarrhea in early childhood. A vaccine against the disease was approved in 2006. Children get the vaccine when they are babies. They get 2 or 3 doses. Researchers looked at diarrhea cases for 62 U.S. hospitals. They focused on those that involved a hospital stay for a child under age 5. These cases dropped by half in the 2007-2008 season. That was the first year after the vaccine became available. Cases went back up the next year. But they remained 29% lower than pre-vaccine levels. The journal Pediatrics published the study online December 20.