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I know that I had an allergic reaction to a medication when I was in college, but I don't remember the name of the drug. Most people, like me, have very little documentation of their full medical history. Since state...
Snowblowers might make clearing the sidewalk quicker and easier, but those who use them continue to show up in emergency rooms with...
What do heart disease, diabetes, heartburn and high or low) blood pressure have in common? These are among the many conditions that...
If you or a family member is hospitalized for a serious medical condition, you are likely to count on your doctor and/...
A new culprit has emerged in the spread of the tough-to-kill "superbug" bacteria and other infections in hospitals-mobile phones. New...
In years past, "medical tourism" referred mainly to the practice of bringing people from foreign countries to the US for...
David Boucher celebrated his 50th birthday by jetting to Bangkok for his first colonoscopy. He was seen by a California-educated physician and...
If you take any kind of prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medication, you may be unwittingly reducing its benefits and/or increasing its...
Fourteen commonly used medications that K often are prescribed "off-label"--that is, for uses for which the medications do not...
Of all prescriptions written for 160 common medications, about one out of every five were prescribed off-label, according to recent research. This...
Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs, including atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor) and rosuvastatin (Crestor). These medications have been shown in rare instances to cause...
People who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs—which include Crestor, Lipi1 tor, Pravachol and Zocor—are more likely to suffer delirium after surgery,...