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[08/27/2010]
Hypertensive drugs raise blood pressure, not lower it 
Hypertensive drugs are supposed to lower blood pressure – but the most commonly-prescribed ones...

[08/21/2010]
A new use for rocket fuel. Grace E. Jackson, MD 
One of outrageous snippets of information concerns the fact that in the 1950s, when doctors first...

[07/08/2010]
Nobel scientist discovers scientific basis of homeopathy 
In the week that doctors have described homeopathy as "nonsense on stilts", a Nobel prize-winning...

[07/06/2010]
Statins do not help healthy people with high cholesterol 
A statin drug is part of the daily health regime of many people whose cholesterol levels are...

[06/03/2010]
Big blow for big pharma"s war against vitamins 
Big pharma and other powerful groups have suffered a major blow in their efforts to strangle the...

[03/04/2010]
Cholesterol-lowering drug causes skin infection 
Just 22 years after one of the world’s most widely-prescribed drugs for lowering cholesterol was...

[03/04/2010]
Popular drugs can lead to a fatal heart attack, scientists discover 
Common drugs such as Prozac, the COX-2 painkillers and beta blockers come with a major side...

[02/25/2010]
Killer drug may finally be taken off the market three years - and 3000 deaths - late 
Avandia – the discredited type II diabetes drug – continues to be prescribed by doctors, and is...

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