Non-nicotine drug generic Zyban, which helps people to quit smoking, was approved by the European Union and became available to consumers. Zyban, the purple color pill, whose active component can also treat depression, can effectively help smokers addicted to nicotine. It has already helped to quit smoking almost a million smokers in the United States.
The drug was approved in all EU countries except France and Finland, where further negotiations are underway.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that the popular diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone) may increase the risk of bladder cancer when used for more than a year.
The agency’s warning comes five days after Germany and France pulled Actos from the market, citing similar concerns. Actos is in a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones, the only other member of which, Avandia (rosiglitazone), was taken off U.S. pharmacy shelves in May because it was linked to an increased risk of heart attacks. The new cancer warning will appear on the labeling, the FDA said.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) – a common joint disease that is characterized by local loss of articular cartilage and the replacement of defect in the center and edges of the bone tissue. The most common injuries among the large joints are the knee OA.
In a study published in the journal “Rheumatology”, compared the analgesic effect of Tylenol without prescription and selective inhibitor of cyclooxygenase type 2 for degenerative joint diseases.
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When Alaina Giordano’s story of losing custody of her two children because of breast cancer went viral online, it seemed like a callous injustice. Blogs and social networking sites rallied to her cause, and soon she had a law firm willing to appeal the judge’s decision. But the real story is far more complicated and features a night in jail for both parents, accusations of infidelity on both sides and corresponding restraining orders.
The case has become an international cause celebre, driven by Giordano’s claim that a Durham District Court judge granted her estranged husband primary custody of their children because she has breast cancer. Three days after that ruling, Giordano launched a blog with a post that declared, “I am a mother of two remarkable children. I am not cancer.”
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For people who suffer from chronic allergies, it is hard to lead a normal life and they often feel a sense of inferiority. In order to relieve symptoms that are associated with allergies, they must make special preparations.
In the treatment of allergies patients should distinguish few key points:
The use of cell phones and other wireless communication devices are “possibly carcinogenic to humans”, the World Health Organisation’s cancer research agency said Tuesday. The radio frequency electromagnetic fields generated by such devices were deemed as potential cancer agents “based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer,” the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said in a statement. A group of experts meeting in the French city of Lyon over the past eight days “reached this classification based on its review of the human evidence coming from epidemiological studies,” said Jonathan Samet, president of the work group.
Two studies in particular, the largest conducted over the last decade, provided evidence that cell phone use was associated with higher rates of glioma, “particularly in those that had the most intensive use of such phones,” Samet said. A number of individuals tracked in the studies had used their phones for 10 to 15 years. “We simply don’t know what might happen as people use their phones over longer time periods, possible over a lifetime,” he said.
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Earlier it has been proved that drugs from a group of statins possess anti-inflammatory properties. Scientists from the Glasgow University (UK) tried to find out how is it well the appointment of Lipitor in patients with bronchial asthma (BA). They conducted a study that examined the effect of generic Lipitor on lung function and severity of airway inflammation in adults with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids.
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study have been included 54 patients with atopic asthma. During 8 weeks patients have been taken Lipitor 40mg/day or placebo.
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Whether or not a woman will develop diabetes during pregnancy can be predicted up to seven years before she even conceives, new research suggests. In the study of 580 ethnically diverse women, investigators found that routine evaluations of blood sugar and body weight — long before pregnancy — could help determine those at greater risk for the condition, according to the report published in the May 26 online edition of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Gestational diabetes mellitus is a complication of pregnancy that causes glucose intolerance and can increase the risk for preterm delivery and cesarean sections. This condition, which occurs in as many as 7 percent of pregnancies in the United States, can also lead to health issues for the affected babies later in life, such as obesity, diabetes and metabolic disease.
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Generic Wellbutrin is effective both in acute and chronic phases of depression, and successfully used for long-term treatment of depressive patients. A particularly important feature is its ability to reduce fears. Wellbutrin ability to persist for a long time in the blood plasma in therapeutic concentrations, allows you to use this medication once a day.
If you want to buy Wellbutrin, you should consult with the doctor. But it’s not necessary to visit him only in order to take prescription on this drug, as you can buy Wellbutrin without prescription at safe and cheap online drug stores.
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Children who are successfully treated for cancer are at greater risk of developing mild to severe gastrointestinal problems down the road, a new study finds. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco analyzed the self-reported gastrointestinal (GI) problems of 14,358 patients who survived at least five years following treatment for cancers such as lymphoma, leukemia, brain tumors or bone tumors.
More than 40 percent experienced some type of GI problem — including ulcers, esophageal disease, indigestion, polyps, chronic diarrhea, colitis, gallstones and jaundice — within two decades of their treatment, the investigators found.
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