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The major drug companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop an Alzheimer’s drug based largely on “theory and hope” as one scientist put it in a recent article in Forbes.

Now amidst frustration…

Barcelona, Spain: The Clinical Trials Directive, which came into force in May 2004 in order to create a harmonised framework for clinical drug research across Europe, is still hampering such research, according to new findings presented at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) today (Thursday 27 …

Cutting alcohol consumption linked to reduced cancer rates

Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have clarified the link between alcohol consumption and the risk of head and neck cancers, showing that people who stop drinking can significantly reduce their cancer risk. …

U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings on the labels of Avandia (rosiglitazone), a glycemic control drug prescribed to type two diabetics, are not strong enough, according to some researchers.

After reviewing research this summer, an FDA panel voted to keep Avandia on the market with a “black…

Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D.

There is a scene in Sicko — Michael Moore’s controversial new film about U.S. health care — that captures both the power and the limits of Moore’s cinematic polemic. A mother is speaking about her 18-month-old daughter, Mychelle, who became ill one evening with vomit…

The main factors that determine either health or disease are the psyche/emotions and the physical terrain inside the body. To make it more complex, these are intertwined. It’s the suppressed emotions that cause health problems. Each and every emotion has a specific location in the body. A person w…

Menopause and UTIs - One More Thing to Worry About

Many menopausal women understand that the loss of estrogen has impacted
their reproductive system, yet many are not aware that this hormone
decrease has also affected their urinary tract too.

When a woman’s body decreases its estrogen pr…