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Women Urged to Be Wary of Ads Promoting Unwanted Drugs

...Watch" section on its website. Consumers should be cautious when looking for information on other websites. Many are substantially sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. Being skeptical about drug ads and promotions is smart: it can protect both our health and our wallets, Judy Norsigian points out....

Toddler Infected With Rare Side Effect Of Smallpox Vaccination Recovering

...they said military doctors should have been doubly cautious because the son, too, suffered from eczema and would have been highly susceptible to infection. Military procedures call for asking about such conditions in soldiers and their families. Vaccinia is the live virus used in smallpox vaccine. After vac...

Tomatoes are Not So Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

...ng carrots and leafy vegetables, I would say to be cautious about taking beta carotene supplements, particularly at high doses, and consult a physician," Peters said. The study is published in the May issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention....

Being Overzealous With Multivitamins May Lead To Prostate Cancer

..., study results show that vitamin users should be cautious about taking more than the recommended daily allowance. Victoria Stevens of the American Cancer Society says the report confirms her 2005 study on vitamins and prostate cancer. A February study in the Journal of the American Medical Association fo...

Studies Reveal Inappropriate Use Of Drug-Coated Stents

...ts were treated off label. 'Clinicians should be cautious about extrapolating the benefits of drug-eluting stents over bare metal stents,' the researchers were quoted. So, what should a patient choose in this situation?Robert A. Harrington of Duke University and director of the Duke Clinical Research Inst...

Travelers Beware: Is Your Medicine Really What the Doctor Ordered?

...ir prescriptions while traveling abroad need to be cautious according to new research presented for the first time at the AAPS National Biotechnology Conference. Unlike approved generic drug names, brand names of drugs are not standardized internationally. Therefore, consumers should not assume that a bran...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...dicines can be as potent as drugs. It's best to be cautious and always seek a medical opinion before medicating a child. To be effective against motion sickness, most drugs need to be taken before the trip starts. Children will not always tell you when they are feeling sick but a good indicator is when they ...

Rorting Health Practioners Busted

.... The recommendations cited in the report have won cautious approval from the Australian Medical Association....

Avandia Improves Quality of Life in Diabetes Patients

...iversity. New safety data should lead to a very cautious approach to rosiglitazone use. If possible, other antidiabetic medications should be employed. The findings are particularly alarming because heart disease accounts for nearly 70 percent of deaths among people with diabetes. Type 2 diabetes affects ...

Efficacy of Lyme Disease Vaccination Examined

... might become disinhibited by vaccination and less cautious than the unvaccinated, in which case vaccination might actually increase their risk because it is not 100 percent effective. In the study, the authors found evidence of regression on two safety measures: wearing light-coloured clothing and using ti...

Food Poisoning at the Chicago Food Festival

... Georgia suggested that food-festival attendees be cautious about eating raw or cooked meat, poultry, cold cuts, fish and eggs....

Now a Polio Scare for Air Travellers

...is low, Dr Carnie said. "We are just being extra cautious in advising them to have a vaccine." There is no specific treatment for polio, patients are kept in bed then given physiotherapy, he said....

Simple Blood Test May Predict Alzheimers Disease

...l we are very close to that although we have to be cautious because the research needs more testing. It may be a few years before we have a test, but we are the closest we've ever been." The optimism follows a study by the team last year, which compared protein levels in the blood of 500 Alzheimer's sufferer...

Electronic Health Records Shows No Improvement in Quality of Outpatient Care

...vered in clinic and office visits. "We need to be cautious about the assumption that electronic health records are going to solve problems around health-care quality by themselves," Stafford said. "It's not sufficient to have an electronic health record system that provides readily available patient data and...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Spreading Its Tentacles in Massachusetts

...a wake-up call to family members, who are now very cautious and make sure to use insect repellent before going outside. Still, her 9-year-old granddaughter is afraid of the outdoors after seeing what happened, said her daughter. Phillips said she is working hard to convince opponents of spraying of its impo...

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