Recently added articles from HealthFacts:
- Memory loss and the drugs that can cause it.
- Jun 01, 2008; Napoli, Maryann ... Memory loss, cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer's disease. As the media frequently remind us, all these problems will soon reach epidemic proportions because more and more Americans are living to an advanced age. Virtually no media attention has been given to the research that is ...
- Is your drug an anticholinergic?(Brief article)
- Jun 01, 2008; Napoli, Maryann ... Ask your pharmacist or doctor whether a drug you are taking is an anticholinergic. The usual advice--read the written material that comes with the drug--does not hold in this case. The much-abridged list of anticholinergics below came from a medical journal, but a spot check of the written ...
- Mediterranean diet lowers risk of diabetes.(Brief article)
- Jun 01, 2008; Napoli, Maryann ... The Mediterranean diet high in plant foods and olive oil and low in red meat, dairy products, trans fatty acids and alcohol has already been shown to have a role in preventing heart disease. Now it appears to reduce the chances of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new preliminary ...
- From the director ... FDA fails to protect public once again.(Food and Drug Administration)
- Jun 01, 2008; Levin, Arthur A. ... For an inveterate FDA watcher like me it's been an interesting spring. First, the agency's failure to police the safety of imported medical products became front-page news when it was revealed that batches of the blood-thinner heparin caused fatal allergic reactions because of contaminated ...
- Consumer Reports provides comparison of aggressive vs. conservative hospital care.(Report)
- Jun 01, 2008; Napoli, Maryann ... The "more is better" approach to American health care has been challenged consistently over the last 15 years by research compiled by two Dartmouth Medical School physicians. As reported in previous issues of HealthFacts, these researchers have studied the care given to Medicare patients ...
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