Pharmacology

Coffee Consumption Linked To Lower Risk Of Mild Cognitive Impairment

A new study by researchers at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy, Geriatric Unit&Laboratory of Gerontology and Geriatrics, IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy, and Istituto Superiore di Sani ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2015 - 3:03pm

Hormone Replacement Therapy 13 Years After The Women’s Health Initiative Study

It has been 13 years since the publication of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) studies that examined the role of menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in prevention of cardiovascular disease. It can be argued that never before or since has a med ...

Article - American Council ... - Aug 3 2015 - 7:30am

We're Overdosing On Medicine: Time To Embrace Uncertainty Instead

The more we learn about the problem of too much medicine and what’s driving it, the harder it seems to imagine effective solutions. Winding back unnecessary tests and treatments will require a raft of reforms across medical research, education and regulat ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 2 2015 - 5:35pm

War On Fun: Banning Legal Highs A New Low For Freedom

Most of us would choose to experience pleasure – however we may define it – as often as possible. The public health and criminal justice systems are set up by the government partly to shape how, when and where we find pleasure, so that we balance our enjo ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 3 2015 - 3:00am

The Agony Of The Ecstasy

It is hardly news when partygoers end up in the emergency room from an overdose of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), aka ecstasy (and a whole bunch of other names, such as Molly, E, X, many others). Rather than simply report on another recent case at ...

Article - American Council ... - Aug 6 2015 - 8:00am

Adding Price Tags To Medicine A 'Gimmick'

Adding the price tag to prescription medicines worth more than £20 in England is just a "headline grabbing gimmick" which could mislead patients into believing that cheaper drugs are less important, according to an editorial in Drug and Therapeu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2015 - 3:34pm

HuffPo, Hep C, And Che Guevara

So, I get in a pissy mood once in a while. Before you judge, y ou try taking the Times Square-Grand Central Station shuttle every day. See what kind of mood you end up in: Then I read something so infuriatingly stupid in the Huffington Post — which is of ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Aug 19 2015 - 4:01pm

Vitamin D In Teens: Don't Overdo It, Bad Things Might Happen

Dosing obese teens with vitamin D shows no benefits for their heart health or diabetes risk, and could have the unintended consequences of increasing cholesterol and fat-storing triglycerides. These are the latest findings in a series of Mayo Clinic studi ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2015 - 6:30am

FDA Stiffs Go Soft On Pink Viagra

The FDA, following the advice of their advisory panel, voted yesterday to approve Addyi, aka "Female Viagra," or "Pink Viagra." Good move? Bad? Keep reading... ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Aug 27 2015 - 2:44pm

Chantix Smoking Cessation Drug Is Not Helping Smokers Quit

The introduction of a new prescription smoking-cessation aid, varenicline, in 2006 has had no significant impact on the rate at which Americans age 18 and older successfully quit smoking, according to a new study in Tobacco Control which suggests that the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2015 - 6:30am