headermask image

category archive listing Category Archives: Medicine

Cheap Drugs Not Always A Good Deal

Cheap Drugs Not Always A Good DealBy Janet Martin
Worried sick about the high cost of medicines? Looking for cheaper substitutes that will help you save money? In these hard and trying times, everyone's looking for a better deal and generic drugs - which are a lot cheaper than branded or "innovator" drugs - appear to […]

Key Information For A Common High Blood Pressure Medication

Key Information For A Common High Blood Pressure MedicationBy Alvin Hopkinson
Some of the drugs we take are used to improve our health conditions, but at the same time they may have some negative effects on our body unless used very wisely.

How To Identify Fake Drugs

How To Identify Fake DrugsBy Janet Martin
Counterfeit or fake drugs are a $32 billion-a-year industry, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States alone, the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, a non-profit public health group, estimates that $200 million in prescriptions in 2003 were counterfeit or tainted - a seven-fold increase over the previous […]

Can 90% of American Doctors Be Wrong? Antibiotics and Sinus Infections

Can 90% of American Doctors Be Wrong? Antibiotics and Sinus InfectionsBy Walt Ballenberger
Yes, according to the study recently reported on by lead researcher Dr. Ian G. Williamson, MD, from the University of Southampton, England. Dr Williamson's study reported the rather startling result that patients with sinus infections who were treated with a course of amoxicillin, […]

Medicines in Care - Prompting vs Administration

Medicines in Care - Prompting vs AdministrationBy Tracey Dowe
Prompting Vs Administration of medicines…..