2011 June
When filling prescriptions, yes – spelling counts!
Read more...I was reading the FDA MedWatch warning about prescribing errors due to two drugs with similar names: Risperidone and Ropinirole…
A synthetic drug for male pattern baldness may be even more dangerous than we thought
Read more...For years, men were told that if they simply stopped taking Propecia they’d be back in the saddle. But a new study reveals that many men may continue to experience a range of dysfunctions (low libido, erectile dysfunction, problems with orgasm) for months and even years after discontinuing the drug.
Beware of this medical scam that puts thousands of older patients at risk
Read more...If you want to steal from Medicare, find a way to do it without putting the patients that trust you in grave danger. Because that makes you more than a criminal. It makes you downright evil.
The Army is "concerned" about excessive supplement use among soldiers
Read more...According to Edward Zambraski, Ph.D. — the Division Chief of the Military Performance Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine — the Army isn’t concerned about soldiers using supplements. The concern is excess supplement use.
A sure way to keep kids from ever picking up that first cigarette
Read more...Have you seen the ghoulish new warning labels that will soon be appearing on cigarette packages?
