Articles related to "Adverse Drug Reactions"

The number of adverse drug reactions reported to the Food and Drug Administration tripled between 1998 and 2005. When should you report medication side-effects and how?

Although the elderly in our society are healthier than ever before, illness and its treatment in senior citizens requires special consideration.

COX-2 inhibitors were miracle arthritis drugs, until they were withdrawn for cardiac side effects. FDA fast-track approved them, killing and harming many who used them.

Blood testing is now very common and with good reason. Examination of blood cells can give vital clues to illnesses or even provide a diagnosis.

Many people have heard of hearing loss, but what if you have the opposite? What if you suddenly hear everything too loudly? This is what happens with hyperacusis.

Watch-dogs have been warning against Gardasil for months because of adverse effects yet some states are making the vaccines mandatory for girls as young as 9 years old.

Various protein antigenic molecules found on white blood cells determine what substances our immune system cells will react with and to what degree.

Izzie Stevens is MIA from Seattle Grace Hospital after being fired. When will she return and what impact will it have on the show? And did the chief make the right call?

Bush snubs money for children's healthcare while asking for increases to military budget.

If elderly people can remain physically active, stay well nourished, take care of foot problems and manage their medication, it can help prevent them having falls.

Generic drugs save money, but at what cost to overall health? Are they effective? Yes. Are they identical to brand name drugs? No.