Current guidelines recommend either methylphenidate or amphetamine as first line treatment of ADHD when a medication is required. Teens and young adults were four times more likely to receive a prescription for amphetamine such as Adderall in 2015 compared to […]
A new study sheds light on a rare but potentially dangerous risk of commonly-used medications to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Researchers evaluated the two most common types of ADHD medications and found that, while the risk is low, certain drugs […]
106-year-old Yiayia Stavroula Katsarou lives in a lovely little home in the village of Ano Myrtia, Aitoloakarnania, located in Central Greece. Stavroula has never taken medication in her 106 years on earth and says her village life with little stress, […]
Ten days after arriving in the emergency department with pneumonia, 58-year-old Connie Bovier woke up in the intensive care unit (ICU). She survived acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and a host of other complications thanks to advances in critical care […]
If you’re in the emergency department, it’s probably the worst day of your life. You’re scared, confused, anxious, sad, maybe emotionally numb. You were at home with your husband and witnessed him have a cardiac arrest. He was unresponsive, and […]
After another fatality raised Santa Anita Park’s horse death toll to 22 in less than three months, company officials on Thursday declared a zero-tolerance policy for race day medication at the Arcadia facility. The Stronach Group, which owns the racetrack, […]
Medics discovered that the woman’s partner had been on a course of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid – a form of penicillin – to treat an ear infection. (iStock) A woman suffered a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction to penicillin after performing oral sex […]
March 8, 2019 5 min read A simple narrative has emerged about cannabis: CBD is the medicine in medical marijuana now available in 33 states and THC is the intoxicant in adult use marijuana available in 10 states. New research […]
A widespread recall of common blood pressure and heart failure medications has been expanded to include more drugs containing losartan. The recall is due to an “impurity” that is classified as a potential human carcinogen. The impurity, N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid or […]
More blood pressure drugs are being recalled after being found to contain trace amounts of a potentially cancer-causing ingredient, one of a slew of recalls of medications to treat hypertension. Since last summer, drug companies have recalled hundreds of lots […]