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Alzheimer's

Epilepsy Drug May Help Alzheimer's Patients

Posted November 3, 2008 1:36 PM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A popular epilepsy drug may also be beneficial in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a new study published in the Oct. 27 issue of U.S. Journal of Experimental Medicine. The anti-seizure drug valproic acid improved memory and reduced brain lesions in mice with an AD-like disease, said researchers from University of British Columbia in Canada. Read more...

See also: Alzheimer's, drug, epilepsy, medication, valproic acid

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Endocrine/Hormone Health

FDA Reviews Experimental Use of Anemia Drugs

Posted October 6, 2008 5:10 PM

WASHINGTON - Federal health regulators said Friday they are reviewing an experimental use of blockbuster anemia drugs made by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson that has been associated with higher death rates in a study involving stroke patients. Earlier this month, J&J reported results from a German trial in which more stroke patients treated with its drug Eprex died than those taking a Read more...

See also: anemia, drug, risk, stroke

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Sex

Probe Your Prescriptions

Before you rush into taking HRT, consider what's in your medicine cabinet. While many of us are taking meds to help out our midlife health, those same drugs may be hurting our sex drive. Antidepressants and prescription painkillers are two of the worst offenders. Ask your physician if your meds could be causing your lowered libido, and explore your alternate drug options. ... View slideshow >>

Incontinence

Drug Treatments

Overactive bladder may be effectively treated with prescription medication. The drugs work by inhibiting bladder contractions and relaxing the detrusor muscle. Side effects may include dry mouth, eye problems, headache, abdominal pain or urine buildup. Ask your doctor which medication is the right treatment option for you. ... View slideshow >>

Heart Health

Putting the Brakes on High Cholesterol

Posted August 27, 2007 3:41 PM

By Harvey B. Simon, M.D.Harvard Health LettersQUESTION: I hope you can clear up some family confusion. My doctor gave me a prescription for Niaspan, but my wife found the same medication, niacin, at the supermarket at a much lower price. Is it a drug or a vitamin?ANSWER: Niacin is a natural substance -- in fact, it's vitamin B3. Like other vitamins, it's required to keep the metabolism working Read more...

See also: cholesterol, drug, family, lipid, niacin, prescription, triglyceride, vitamin

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Heart Health

New Praise for an Old Painkiller

Posted August 27, 2007 3:40 PM

Worried that your painkiller could trigger a heart attack or dangerous stomach bleeding? New reports on painkiller risks, based on reviews of dozens of studies including hundreds of thousands of patients, indicate most patients should try naproxen, an older anti-inflammatory drug. Experts say it doesn't raise heart attack or stroke risk -- a major worry for older people -- and naproxen is Read more...

See also: anti-inflammatory, drug, heart attack, naproxen, older people, painkiller, stomach bleeding

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Heart Health

Viagra Heart Attack Called Rare

Posted August 27, 2007 3:39 PM

Viagra, the popular impotence drug, rarely causes heart attacks, according to an analysis of 82 studies. The analysis, by doctors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, concluded that the rate of heart attacks among Viagra users resembled that of middle-aged men and older men in similar physical condition. Often, men with impotence, or erectile dysfunction, have heart trouble Read more...

See also: diabetes, drug, erectile dysfunction, heart attacks, high blood pressure, impotence, viagra

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Weight Loss

Thinking Away Pounds

Posted August 27, 2007 3:33 PM

And on the unsatisfied appetite front, scientists have come up with a drug that makes the body "think" it has eaten more food than it has, thus easing some of the agony that comes with shedding the pounds. The drug is called Sibutramine, which experts say works by increasing the feeling of fullness rather than by suppressing the appetite, as do amphetamine-based slimming pills. The Read more...

See also: appetite, drug, food, fullness, reduced calorie, shedding the pounds, sibutramine

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Vision Health

Experts Hail New Eye Treatment

Posted August 27, 2007 3:30 PM

Ophthalmologists hailed the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a new drug and laser therapy for preventing vision loss from one of the leading causes of blindness in older people. Final FDA OK of Visudyne therapy is seen as a major breakthrough for treatment of "wet age-related macular degeneration," or AMD. The FDA approved Visudyne therapy to treat AMD in patients with the Read more...

See also: blindness, drug, laser therapy, macular degeneration, ophthalmologists, peripheral, vision loss

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Heart Health

Cutting Cholesterol, Heart Risk

Posted August 27, 2007 3:26 PM

Researchers say lovastatin, a drug that lowers "bad" cholesterol levels also cuts the risk of the first heart attack among normally healthy middle-aged men and women. Writing in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Air Force physicians who looked at more than 5,500 men and more than 990 postmenopausal women say treatment with lovastatin "resulted in a 37 percent Read more...

See also: bad cholesterol, coronary, drug, heart attack, lovastatin, physicians, postmenopausal women

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