Slicing certain pills in half could slice a hefty amount off of America?s prescription drug costs. While only some types of pills can be split safely, the practice could be used by millions of Americans ? including many of those who take popular cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Look at the clock. In the next three minutes, 10 people in America will suffer a coronary event or stroke, and only six of them will survive. According to a recent report by the American Heart Association (AHA), coronary heart disease (CHD) affects more than 15 million Americans; over five million more are affected by stroke.
For many patients, a visit to the primary care physician tends to be a one-sided conversation. Patients begin by stating one medical problem, and immediately the doctor takes over.
Roger Pebody from Terrence Higgins Trust said: It?s essential that anyone taking Nelfinavir (Viracept) contacts their HIV doctor or hospital without delay, to identify an alternative treatment to continue with.
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is investigating false negative results in one lot of Clearview HCG pregnancy test kits (lot HG0050). The affected lot was distributed to UK hospitals between March and April this year.
The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center will host its annual Cancer Survivors Day celebration on Sunday, June 10 at Washtenaw Community College. Cancer Survivors Day is a national event which began in 1987 as a way of inspiring current cancer patients and showing the world that life after a cancer diagnosis is possible.
Learning and physical disabilities and behavioural problems are part of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders [FASD]. These lifelong conditions can drastically impact on the lives of the individual and those around them.
Strokes kill 45% more women than men in Canada, according to a new data analysis released by the Heart and Stroke Foundation. And that?s why Canadian women have a strong reason to be aware of the warning signs of stroke, says the Foundation.
Around half a million new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year, resulting in a quarter of a million deaths, second only to breast cancer in women.
On June 5, 2007, the New England Journal of Medicine published results of an interim analysis of the cardiovascular safety trial of rosiglitazone (brand name, Avandia).