Dec 15, 2009 | Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins |
Drinking lots of coffee and tea can significantly reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, an Australian study shows. Consuming three to four cups of the beverages daily cuts the diabetes risk by 25 per cent for tea and coffee drinkers,...
Dec 14, 2009 | Medications/Vitamins |
THE cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has triggered multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms in some girls after being inoculated. Doctors said the victims were either teenagers or women in their early 20s who may have been predisposed to MS or who had a prior history...
Dec 9, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
In July of 2008, the Royal Australian College of Physician (RACP) sent out a report for public comment about the treatment of ADD and ADHD. This report said that the drugs Ritalin and Dexamphetamine were the first treatment of choice for ADD and ADHD and that...
Nov 30, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
Australian children with hyperactivity disorders shouldn’t be medicated unless their symptoms are “pervasive” and affect all aspects of life, doctors and parents have been told. And drugs should never be a first-line treatment for attention deficit...
Nov 30, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins, Pregnancy |
With the help of their doctors, women planning to become pregnant should take an inventory of the medications they take, researchers from Canada advise. In a study, they found that many pregnant women still take medications long known to cause birth defects. Some...
