Autism Treatment and Genetic Makeup, Suicide Risk with Epilepsy Meds,...
Autism Treatment and Genetic Makeup, Suicide Risk with Epilepsy Meds, Nicotine in Nonsmokers Falling From Boston – According to research published in Science, the reason why some children with autism...
View ArticleEnbrel for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Companions for Doctor Visits, Reducing Falls...
Enbrel for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Companions for Doctor Visits, Reducing Falls in the Elderly From Leeds – According to research published in the Lancet a cocktail of treatments may halt progression of...
View ArticleCould a Contact Lens Save Your Vision?
Soon contact lenses won’t just correct eyesight; they could save your vision. By applying electrically conductive, antibiotic nanosilver particles to contact lenses, researchers at the University of...
View ArticleMedication watch
A patient of mine showed me this cool watch which his son got for him from the US. It allows you to input your various medications – name, dose – and you can set alarms to remind you when to take your...
View ArticleViagra May Be Effective for Sexual Dysfunction in Women on Antidepressants
Viagra May Be Effective for Sexual Dysfunction in Women on Antidepressants Researchers from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine randomly assigned nearly 100 women taking SRIs whose...
View ArticleIt’s not fresh enough?
Talk about difficult patients. There was this chap who required Intravenous Gammaglobulin, which is a very expensive drug, expiring in December 2008 which is like only 5 months later. This patient was...
View ArticleMedicines out of your reach
How would you feel if your doctor told you that you have such and such a disease and there is treatment but the medicines alone will cost you something like RM 15,000 a month? Think that is shocking?...
View ArticleFeedback: Medication watch
Nurul sent this in: Good day. I’m Nurul Ashikin bt. Ibrahim, a student from University of Malaya(UM). I’m doing a research on watches for medication or therapy for my assignment for the course, History...
View ArticleGenetic basis for the Placebo effect
“Feeling good” after any particular treatment does not mean the treatment worked. It could well be the Placebo effect. This is the reason why treatments should be tested using randomised controlled...
View ArticleFree online drug references
I am sure many of you would have the need to look up information on medication online at some time or other. Here are some handy free sites for you to check out: 1) MIMS The venerable MIMS is my...
View ArticleRecycling medicine – not as easy as you think
The Star paints a rosy picture with the article ‘Medication programme’ aims to cut waste at govt hospitals Perhaps the better solution is to find out why there is so much wastage in the first...
View ArticleComplaint against a clinic
R writes in: how can make a complaint on clinics where doctors are not in clinic during business hours but left to nurses to subcribe medicine to patiens? Dear R, Thanks for writing in. First of all, a...
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