Drug
Careful: Acetaminophen in pain relief medicines can cause liver damage
FDA
Acetaminophen (a?SEET?a?MIN?o?fen) is an active ingredient in many over-the-counter and prescription medicines that help relieve pain and reduce fever.
More than 600 over-the-counter and prescription medicines
Novartis Consumer Health Over-The-Counter Products
Novartis Consumer Health Over-The-Counter Products: Recall - Potential Presence of Foreign Tablets or Chipped or Broken Tablets or Gelcaps
including Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin, Gas-X Prevention
AUDIENCE: Consumer, ...
This "Life Saving" Tool May Lead You Straight to Invasive Breast Cancer
Editor's note: x-ray mammography per se can cause breast cancer. Read some articles published early on foodconsumer.org to understand how risky the screening procedure is....
Tamoxifen, breast cancer treatment, is known to be a human carcinogen
Report on Carcinogens, Twelfth Edition? (2011)
National Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services
Tamoxifen
CAS No. 10540-29-1
Known to be a human carcinogen
First listed in the Ninth ...
Many Girls Mistakenly Believe That the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Protects Them Against STDs
By Maria Cendejas and editing by Stacey Sexton
Saturday Jan 7, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Girls who receive the human papillomavirus vaccine still need to practice safe ...
Statins may increase risk of interstitial lung abnormalities in smokers
Editor's comment: Statins are known to benefit those who have had heart problems. But evidene suggests that statins may not provide those who are healthy ...
Major Secret in Achieving Joint Pain Relief
Posted by: Dr. Mercola | January 06 2012 |
Story at-a-glance
Exercise helps prevent and relieve joint pain through a number of mechanisms, including strengthening key supportive muscles, restoring flexibility, ...
Cancer screening causes cancer
Estimates of the potential risk of radiation-related cancer from screening in the UK
Amy Berrington de González
-Author Affiliations
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics,NCI, ...
Cancer News: Brain diseases, zinc deficiency, mammography, radiation and cancer
By David Liu. PHD
Brain diseases linked to low cancer risk
Jane A Driver of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA published a review titled "Understanding the ...
Weight loss surgery benefits only minority of diabetics
Stephen Lau
Thursday Jan 5, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Gastric bypass surgery helps some but not as many as 80 percent of diabetes patients as reported earlier. ...




