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Many cough medicines lack effective dose, say doctors, studies

October 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 9

It's an autumn and winter ritual. There you are in the drugstore aisle, wondering which of the many cough remedies to buy, standing miserable among the promises of a speedy recovery. It's amazing to consider that most experts ...


Drug trial shows dramatic reduction in hidden heart disease

November 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard-led study shows that the risk of heart attack and stroke among subjects with “silent heart disease” — and normal cholesterol levels — can be dramatically reduced by the use of an already widely ...


The HPV vaccine that doctors would recommend

October 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Despite the government's decision to choose the vaccine Cervarix for the UK human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme, every doctor I have spoken to has chosen Gardisal for their own children, says a doctor on bmj.com ...


Despite failures, search for obesity drugs still looks golden

November 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.


Study shows pine bark reduces jetlag

November 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A new study published in the journal of Minerva Cardioangiologica reveals Pycnogenol, pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduces jetlag in passengers by nearly 50 percent. The two-part study, consisting ...