If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!What do all of these conditions have in common? Morning sickness, eclampsia and pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes? They all affect pregnant women, no-one knows what causes them, and medical science has no way to medicate or treat them.
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We are all wary of taking drugs during pregnancy and nursing. But there are many among us who - for medical reasons - have to take medications, pregnant or not. I have to take thyroid replacement hormone everyday for the rest of my life. Others take pills for a wide range of pre-existing conditions such [...]
I can’t count the number of times that I have popped a couple of Tylenols while drinking my morning coffee. Sometimes I wake up with a little headache - not surprisingly, this usually happens when the kids wake up crying in the middle of the night repeatedly - and every morning I enjoy a [...]
Researchers are learning that alot of the pharmecutical drugs that we take on a day-to-day basis are not being filtered properly from our water and waste water treatment facilities. Some of the active ingredients in things like cholesterol fighters, tranquilizers and anti-epileptic medications actually resist our current treatment processes. These chemicals are finding their way, [...]
E! News reports that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been given by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) ten days to respond to a 20-page deficiency report concerning the medical mix up involving the drug heparin.
The incident transpired last November when nurses gave 1,000 times the needed dosage to three patients, two of whom were [...]
Remember those reports by the Philadelphia Medical Examiners Office about 15 infantile deaths which might be related to cold and cough medications? It is well-known that pseudoephedrine is one of those drugs to be wary of. However, other active ingredients in many over-the-counter medications may be involved as well. These substances are dextromethorphan, acetaminophen, brompheniramine, [...]
