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Meningitis vaccine is now approved for infants and toddlers
by Aimee Keenan-GreeneThere is a new weapon to help protect infants and toddlers in the fight against meningitis.Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening illness caused by
FDA Warns - Do NOT Use This Pain Reliever... You Could Turn Blue and Die
Posted By Dr. Mercola | April 25 2011
The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and patients that they are receiving reports of methemoglobinemia, a serious and potentially fatal side ...
Antidepressants may not improve all symptoms of depression (PR)
Contact: LaKisha Ladsonlakisha.ladson@utsouthwestern.edu214-648-3404UT Southwestern Medical Center
Antidepressants may not improve all symptoms of depression, UT Southwestern researchers find
IMAGE: Research by Dr. Shawn McClintock, assistant professor of psychiatry ...
Each Time You are Exposed to This Machine, You Boost Your Risk of Cancer
Posted by: Dr. Mercola | April 19 2011
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) claims that backscatter scans are safe. But how do medical professionals personally feel about it?
Many doctors don't ...
Would you screen your kids for genetic diseases?
by Aimee Keenan-Greene
A new study in the journal Pediatrics says as genetic tests become more common and available, parents want their kids checked for adult-onset ...
How Drug Advertising Has Changed Your Life Whether or Not You Realize It
By Martha Rosenberg
Can anyone remember life before Ask Your Doctor ads on TV?
All you knew about prescription drugs were creepy ads in a JAMA at ...
Obesity Surgery Even Worse than Previously Thought
Posted By Dr. Mercola | April 15 2011
A study has found that nearly half of a group of patients who received gastric band surgery for weight loss over ...
Estrogen plus progestin more dangerous than thought
A new study shows women who have used a hormone therapy based on estrogen and progestin have a higher risk of developing fatal breast cancer, ...
Children's CT scans on the rise in ER's
by Aimee Keenan-Greene
Kids are getting more CT scans at the ER, and in turn more exposure to radiation.
So says a new article in the journal ...
How to Turn a $10 Treatment into a $30,000 Drug Money-Maker
Posted By Dr. Mercola | April 07 2011
A synthetic form of progesterone was given FDA approval more than half a century ago, and ever since doctors have been ...





