Scientific American recently reviewed the book “The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth,” which takes a critical look at antidepressants, and at the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and market them.
According to the review, Kirsch took a thorough look at all the data from experiments with antidepressants several years ago. He came to the conclusion that antidepressants such as Prozac and Zoloft work about as well as sugar pills given ...
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New York state is poised to legalize the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” making it the “latest flashpoint” in the controversy surrounding the method, CBS reports.
Fracking involves injecting millions of gallons of sand, water and potentially toxic chemicals deep underground, breaking up underground shale deposits and freeing natural gas for collection. It’s controversial because of concerns that the toxic chemicals might pollute the groundwater ...
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A report in the Florida Sun Sentinel describes a new treatment for deep vein thrombosis, or a major blood clot. According to the article, DVT claims more lives each year than AIDS and car accidents combined.
The technology is called the EKOS Ultrasound Accelerated Thrombolysis machine, which uses ultrasound waves to distribute a powerful clot-busting medication throughout the blockage.
The report quotes Warren Swee, an interventional radiologist, as saying that EKOS treatment ...
continue reading...According to the Stevens Johnson Syndrome Foundation, the potentially deadly skin condition afflicts people of all ages and both sexes. But more female cases have been reported than male, and it afflicts people of all ages.
The Foundation says recognizing the early symptoms of Stevens Johnson Syndrome and getting prompt medical attention are the most important tools in minimizing the possible long-term effects the condition may have on its victims.
Those symptoms include:
According to the New York Times, Johnson & Johnson has pledged to remove a number of potentially harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, from its line of consumer products by the end of 2015.
Although the company had already pledged to remove certain chemicals from its baby products by 2013, the new announcement extends the program to its adult products. Johnson & Johnson is the first major consumer products company to make such ...
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A drug developed as a cancer treatment proved to be an effective form of birth control for male mice, according to a Bloomberg report.
Scientists don’t intend to test that particular compound, called JQ1, in humans. But they hope their findings may eventually point the way toward male birth control.
The report quotes James Bradner, the senior author on the study and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, as saying: “These ...
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