Tag: medication
Are Your Meds Increasing Your Dementia Risk?
Many older individuals are prescribed a cocktail of medications, in order to manage a variety of health conditions. It is known that these drugs...
Global Spending on Drugs is on the Rise
An unprecedented 1 trillion dollars will be spent on medications in 2014, and experts believe that number will hit 1.2 trillion dollars by 2017....
Researchers Find that Painkillers Can Actually CAUSE Headaches
Do you regularly pop an aspirin or similar painkiller when you have a headache? If so, you may actually be causing more headaches to...
One More Reason to Avoid Statins: Higher Risk of Diabetes
Today, over 40 million people around the world are prescribed statins to lower cholesterol and to prevent cardiovascular disease. However, more and more research...
Meningitis Outbreak: Compounding Pharmacy or FDA to Blame?
It appears that a compounding pharmacy in New England is to blame for an outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis that has...
Is Your Medication To Blame For Weight Gain?
Many medications have the side effect of weight gain. Even for medications that are designed to treat exactly the illnesses associated with obesity, weight...
