Medical

After new studies, the FDA has issuing this public health advisory to for Zelnorm, (tegaserod maleate) after new astudies show it increase the risk of serious heart problems and stroke.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, has agreed to take Zelnorm off the market because new safety analysis has found a higher chance of heart attack, stroke, and [...]

The FDA and companies that manufacture and distribute have agreed to withdraw the drug Pergolide from the market due to the potential for heart damage.
Two new studies showed that patients with Parkinson’s disease who were treated with pergolide had an increased chance of serious damage to their heart valves when compared to patients who did [...]

Here are ten great ways to help anyone get through a difficult day. We all have those stress filled times.

Greet the day with gratitude. Give thanks for what is good in your life.
Let go of judgment and negativity. They hold you back
Embrace your feelings. Fighting them causes suffering
Know your limits. Don’t say “Yes” when you [...]

As we get ready for Easter, a holiday celebrating Spring and our common humanity, take a stand against child labor and slavery by buying only fair trade chocolates.
The truth behind chocolate is all t often not-sweet. The Ivory Coast is the world’s largest cocoa producer, providing 43% of the world’s cocoa. And yet, in 2001 [...]

If you have not yet heard of the SqueeGees, well where have you been? Like the name implies the SqueeGees are all about fun. Fun in the form of wonderfun music for kids of all ages.
The SqueeGees most recent splash was on an episode of the Gilmore Girls, “I’m a Kayak Hear Me Roar”. In [...]

A new study has found, not surprisingly, that antibiotics are over rescribed for sinus infections, which are primarily viral. Antibiotics are not effective treating virus infections.
The authors of the study, published in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery found, “The use of prescription antibiotics far outweighs the predicted incidence of [...]

A boy of ten the British press is calling the miracle boy has been cured by taking vitamin supplements after five years of illness.
According to the Telegraph Timothy Bingham was left completely paralyzed and able to communicate only by blinking his eyes by an illness named after him “Bingham Syndrome”. His [...]

Scientists at University College London (UCL) have helped to demonstrate a positive link between a treatment for periodontitis (gum disease) and the health of blood vessels. The details of the study are published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine and were the result of collaborations between scientists at UCL and [...]

A clinical trial published in The Lancet has found that daily zinc supplements reduced the risk of death among children aged 12 to 48 months by 18 percent, in areas where malaria is prevalent.
The trial examined whether zinc supplementation would benefit poor children living in areas where malaria is prevalent. Malaria is a major [...]

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that transcendental meditation (TM) can significantly reduce the severity of congestive heart failure. This is the first randomized study to focus on the effects of meditation and heart failure.
The study appears in the Winter 2007 issue of Ethnicity & Disease. The study authors [...]