Extreme heat: How does it affect medicines and those taking them?
- 25-Jul-2024
The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have become more common due to climate change, conditions that can alter medications and their effects on patients taking them. Here is what you need to know about medicines in hot weather: HOW DOES HEAT ALTER THE EFFECTS AND QUALITY OF MEDICINES? […]
WATCH: Infant girl recovers from coronavirus without medication
- 25-Feb-2020
A 17-day old baby girl in China has become the first patient to recover from the coronavirus without receiving any medication.
Diabetes patients turn to ‘black market’ for medications, supplies
- 26-Dec-2019
Diabetes medications and blood-test supplies are sold, traded and donated on black markets because the U.S. healthcare system isn’t meeting patients’ needs
To lower blood pressure, exercise may be as good as medication
- 28-Dec-2018
For people with high blood pressure, starting an exercise regimen may lower blood pressure by as much as taking medication would, a large analysis suggests. Researchers combined data from nearly 400 randomized trials that assessed the effects of blood pressure drugs or of exercise on blood pressure. They found that overall, each lowered blood pressure […]
Teens with ADHD have special treatment needs
- 10-May-2016
Drugs and psychotherapy can help teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manage symptoms and improve in school.
British MPs reject controversial right to die bill
- 11-Sep-2015
LONDON: A British bill to allow some terminally ill patients to end their lives was rejected Friday after it sparked fierce opposition from religious leaders and rival protests outside parliament.
Germany allows seriously ill patients to grow their own cannabis
- 23-Jul-2014
BERLIN: A German court ruled on Tuesday that some people suffering from chronic pain should be able to cultivate their own cannabis "for therapeutic purposes".