Friday, October 28th, 2011
Patients with a family history of cancer who take daily aspirin for a number of years have a 63% lower chance of developing the disease, scientists from the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds, England, reported in the medical journal The Lancet. The researchers emphasized that it takes some years of ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Previous depression, daily smoking and a lack of control over life circumstances - or "low mastery" - are risk factors for repeat episodes of depression, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Depression is a common disorder that negatively affects quality of life for people with the condition. ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The number of drugs covered by public drug plans decreased substantially after Canada's Common Drug Review was introduced in 2003, and new drugs were listed more quickly in several of the smaller provinces, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Canada has 19 public drug plans, which ...
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Even though Canadian researchers found that a considerably higher percentage of MS patients have CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency), they still do not know whether CCSVI causes MS or whether there is just a higher rate of CCSVI among MS patients for another reason. The scientists reported their latest finding ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
A major new international study involving researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has revealed that aspirin, statins, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are prescribed far too infrequently. They are cheap, preventive medicines that could prevent a huge number of deaths from heart ...
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