Sleeping Pills Increase Risk Of Death, Study Suggests
Sleeping pills prescribed for insomnia are associated with more than a fourfold risk of death, according to the study published in the BMJ Open journal.
DetailsCommonly Used Antidepressants May Raise Heart Disease Risk
Dr Hamer said: “Our findings suggest that there is an association between the use of tricyclic antidepressants and an increased risk of CVD that is not explained by existing mental illness. This suggests that there may be some characteristic of tricyclics that is raising the risk.
DetailsCoroner Calls For Urgent Anti-Depressant Inquiry After Doctor Blames Drug For Mother’s Suicide
‘She was a stable, happy, calm person but in three weeks the decline was rapid to a woman who was trembling, had panic attacks and wouldn’t make eye contact.
‘She was like a zombie.
Antibiotics Increase Risk Of IBS And Crohn’s Disease In Children In Later Life
Research has shown children given penicillin and similar medicines are more at risk from irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn’s disease
Children given antibiotics are twice as likely to develop digestive problems, research shows
Scientists Fear Antibiotics are Perpetuating Diseases Impossible to Treat
Bugs and bacteria rapidly adapt to survive, only taking months to for the genetic mutations to occur. Antibiotics, although successful in wiping out most of the bacterial invaders, don’t kill absolutely all of them
DetailsMiscarriage Risk Doubles With Use Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Risk of miscarriage more than doubled in women who took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, during the first 20 weeks of gestation, according to researchers who scrutinized health records from nearly 50,000
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