Traditionally, women in labor had to wait until their cervix dilated to 4 or 5 centimeters before receiving an epidural, an injection of anesthesia that numbs the abdomen, pelvis and genital area to quell the pain. Administering an epidural early was thought...
According to recent research, people taking high doses of the cholesterol-lowering drugs had a 12% higher risk for diabetes than those taking...
Chances are that you or someone you love is taking a cholesterol-lowering statin medication. But these drugs can have numerous side effects,...
Is your blood pressure on the high side? Your doctor might write a prescription when it creeps above 140/90-but you may...
Type 2 diabetes is now considered a global pandemic, which is alarming since many people who have this disease will eventually be...
A raging controversy was ignited when new statin drug guidelines were released here in the US in 2013. Many experts, critical of...
Overall, thiazolidinediones (TZDs), such as rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos), raise heart-failure risk by 42%. Overall, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, including saxagliptin...
For diabetes patients with severe heart disease, bypass surgery is more effective than medication. Recent finding: Only 22.4% of diabetes patients...
Drugs that are used to treat osteoporosis may also help prevent the bone abnormalities that can lead to arthritis of the knee,...
Call them the quick-change artists of medicine-drugs or procedures designed to treat one problem but that can yield unexpected results for other...
A drug commonly prescribed to treat hypertension, atenolol (Tenormin), does not prevent heart attacks or cardiovascular death any better than a placebo,...
Depression is most often caused by a combination of psychological stress and an imbalance in the brain chemicals that regulate mood and...