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Androgen Deprivation Therapy For Prostate Cancer Found To Increase The Risk Of Fractures

...archers say doctors should proceed with caution in prescribing the therapy for men with cancer that has not spread and they also suggest more study to see if bone-strengthening drugs might help reduce fractures among men who do need to receive the treatment....

Risk Factors For Stroke Studied

...clusion specialists say until more study is done , prescribing folic acid and/or vitamin B for people with higher homocysteine levels should be avoided ....

Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity

...ned against possibility of fluoride toxicity while prescribing fluoride dosage //to patients with oral problems. High concentrations of fluoride dosage are often prescribed to patients to check caries, especially those suffering from mouth cancer. In the recent issue of JADA, authors Frederick C. Eichmiller, N...

FDA warnings against use of antipsychotic drugs for elderly

...The organization had also requested the physicians prescribing these drugs for behavioral problems in elderly to review the situation. Reference: : Food and Drug Administration, US, news release...

Elderly people with chronic pain can use narcotics safely

...ia, arthritis and many such conditions. Physicians prescribing the medicine have shied away from these medicines as they feel that patients will be asking for them to increase the dosage on continuous usage. The new study says that for elderly patients such behavior may not arise. In the study done by American ...

Stress and mood fatigue may affect the diet in pregnancy

...ore of the mental makeup of the pregnant women and prescribing diets accordingly will work in favor of good health of the unborn fetus and the newborn child....

Need for considering cardiovascular risks before giving HAART for HIV/aids patients

... treatment for life. However researchers feel in prescribing HAART treatment for these people, physicians shoul... in patients who are affected with HIV/AIDS before prescribing the highly active antiretroviral treatment. This will make sure that the treatment is given to patie...

Osteoporosis may be treated with strontium ranelate

...osteoporosis//, but scientists caution that before prescribing the drug it is important to observe the changes in the bone mineral density. A study in the British Medical Journal has said that the drug strontium ranelate have an effect on the bone mineral density and notes that this effect can be used in advant...

Antibiotics for acute uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infection

...eliefs, and behavior of three different antibiotic prescribing strategies and to assess the effectiveness of an information leaflet compared with brief verbal information alone. 807 patients who presented to the primary care setting between 1998 and 2003 with acute uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infection...

Justifying the use of letrozole for inducing ovulation

...ical trials to ascertain any possible side effect, prescribing the drug Letrozole for infertility is unethical and illegal. Another argument is that, since the drug is used for a short duration of 5 days its effect is short acting and the side effects would be minimum or practically nil. It is also said that sin...

Doctors' decisions are affected by fear of lawsuits- says a study

...uit than their colleagues. These physicians may be prescribing more tests for patients even when they are at low risk from serious health complications. The research have shown of the millions of people admitted to hospitals for emergency heart related care, have shown not to have acute coronary conditions like...

Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill

...ufacturers are alerting all the physicians who are prescribing Mifeprex about this recently reported case and the manufacturers are updating the details of the new risk factors in their drug’s label for the information of the consumers. These warnings may help the patients to report immediately if they experienc...

Frequent use of antibiotics raises the risk of carrying resistant infections

...ria. The study was aimed to understand if the GPs prescribing antibiotics can lead to the patients developing resistant bacteria, or not. Reference: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy...

Pharma Companies May Influence The Decisions Of Medical Students

... sponsor’s product and increases the likelihood of prescribing that product. Prescribing may be inconsistent with evidence-based guidelines and may reflect the presence of drug samples or patient demand due to direct-to-consumer advertising, even if a drug was not the physician’s first choice. While exposure to ...

Increased demand for Bird flu anti-viral drug world wide

...Christchurch GPs, has advised its doctors to avoid prescribing Tamiflu to the "wealthy, worried well" due to concerns about supply. ...

Smoking lowers chances of surviving throat cancer

...hing cancer patients should consider. "Doctors are prescribing this already, but now we have demonstrated that these diet components improve the patient's survival, and perhaps make the treatment more effective."...

Georgia: Indian doctor's license cancelled

...using insecticides to treat cancer patients // and prescribing unauthorised drugs. The nine-member board took the unanimous decision at a meeting on Thursday. The board's action came after a federal grand jury had accused Totada R Shanthaveerappa, a practitioner in Stockbridge, earlier this week, of using we...

Chinese Health Minister has asked to reduce Medical cost

...in hospitals as the hospitals are indiscriminately prescribing medicines and are charging high cost for unnecessary laboratory tests and operations. The minister has urged the hospital industry to act logically to provide better treatment to the poor and needy....

Diuretics may decrease electrolytes level

...by optimizing the dosage of diuretics required and prescribing low levels of thiazide diuretics which may not lead to decrease in electrolytes levels. ...

Use Of Viagra May Affect Eyesight

...reversible. Even as doctors exercise caution while prescribing such drugs, many buy them online. The optic nerve runs a tenfold chance of sustaining damage as a result of consuming such drugs in the case of men who had already suffered heart attacks. Those who had suffered strokes also run a similar risk. This c...

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