Possible Side Effects of EFFEXOR XR
• Depression • Jul 24 04
EFFEXOR XR may cause side effects in some people. In clinical studies, few people had to stop taking EFFEXOR XR because of side effects.
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Can EFFEXOR XR Make a Difference for Me?
• Depression • Jul 24 04
EFFEXOR XR may help you get back to feeling the way you used to-before the symptoms of depression started to interfere with your life.
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Benefits of EFFEXOR XR
• Depression • Jul 24 04
EFFEXOR XR may help you get back to feeling the way you used to-before the symptoms of depression started to interfere with your life.
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How EFFEXOR XR Works
• Depression • Jul 24 04
EFFEXOR XR is a prescription medication used to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder, allowing you to get back to your…
Heavy Drinking Raises Breast Cancer Risk
• Cancer: Breast • Jul 24 04
A new study has confirmed that heavy drinking increases the risk of breast cancer, particularly among premenopausal women.
However, the Danish research also found…
Anxiety treatment - Buspirone
• Depression • Jul 23 04
The attempt to develop an efficacious antianxiety agent with no abuse potential resulted in the development of azaperone class of compounds. Currently, Buspirone is…
More travelers should get typhoid shots, CDC says
• Infections • Jul 23 04
Travelers to high-risk areas should receive typhoid fever vaccinations even if they plan to stay for only a few weeks, according to a…
Yes, weather ups headache, but less than you think
• Headaches • Jul 23 04
Certain weather conditions indeed appear to increase the risk of migraine, but people still tend to overestimate weather’s influence on their headache, new research…
Xenical linked to kidney stone formation in rats
• Drug News • Jul 23 04
If animal studies apply to humans, people taking the anti-obesity drug Xenical might have an increased likelihood of developing kidney stones, especially if they…
Achilles surgery may not help function in diabetes
• Diabetes • Jul 23 04
A surgical procedure sometimes offered to people with diabetes to reduce their risk of foot ulcers may have drawbacks.
Because of nerve damage…
Meningitis vaccine can provide lasting protection
• Brain • Jul 23 04
The meningitis C vaccine program introduced in the UK in 1999 has been successful in bringing down disease rates. Now, new research indicates that…
Celebrex Prevents Abnormal-Cell Spread
• Cancer: Lung • Jul 23 04
Researchers in Houston are studying an arthritis drug to see whether it can reverse lung damage caused by years of smoking.
They say…
Thailand has two suspected human bird flu cases
• Infections • Jul 23 04
Thailand is testing two children for possible infection with bird flu, which has erupted again after devastating Asian poultry flocks earlier this year, officials…
Dutch abortion ship to fight gov’t travel ban
• Gender: Female • Jul 23 04
A Dutch floating abortion clinic banned from sailing abroad after controversial visits to Ireland and Poland pledged on Friday to take the Dutch government…
Report warns against overregulating health care
• Public Health • Jul 23 04
Lawmakers should resist piling too many regulations on the U.S. health care industry and try instead to foster more competition, antitrust authorities said on…
One drug safer than two after stroke
• Heart • Jul 23 04
Following a stroke, treatment with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel) can help prevent future strokes and heart attack. Now, new research shows that Plavix…
Unwanted support in breast cancer may be harmful
• Cancer: Breast • Jul 23 04
Although support from family and friends is important for women battling breast cancer, support that comes in unwanted ways may do more harm than…
Progress on Alzheimer’s dramatic - researcher
• Brain • Jul 23 04
A cure for Alzheimer’s disease is unlikely in the near future, but big advances are coming soon in the treatment and prevention of the…
Extended-Release Tramadol Reduces Symptoms of Chronic Knee Pain
• Pain • Jul 22 04
In patients with knee osteoarthritis, a once-a-day extended-release (ER) formulation of Tramadol (Ultram) appears to improve symptoms of chronic pain, new research suggests. The…
Depression and Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease
• Depression • Jul 22 04
It is important to understand the interplay of medical and psychiatric disorders. Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD, Reunette W. Harris Professor and Chairman, Department…
Tramadol for neuropathic pain
• Pain • Jul 22 04
A substantive amendment to this systematic review was last made on 30 June 2004. Cochrane reviews are regularly checked and updated if necessary.
Background:…
Depression and the Immune System
• Depression • Jul 22 04
With an intriguing overlap of immune response-associated symptoms and depression, research in this area may lead to better understanding of the biology of depression…
Depression and Stroke
• Depression • Jul 22 04
Dr. Robinson started his talk by summarizing the results of a recent study by Rasmussen and colleagues, which demonstrated the incidence of poststroke depression…
Medical Illness and Depression
• Depression • Jul 22 04
Concerning the effects of depression on other major medical illnesses, Dr. Musselman reviewed some of the recent literature outlining how depression can influence the…
Baby born with heart outside body
• Heart • Jul 22 04
Charli Southern has defied the odds by surviving despite being born with her heart outside her chest, it is reported.
She was born seven…