Pharmaceutical financial help

Jan. 24 | There are several pharmaceutical companies that organize and participate in patient assistance programs. These organizations could be sponsored nationally as in case of The Partnership for Prescription Assistance, PPA. This is a national program that...

Understand and Treat Anal Fissures Carefully

Dec. 8 | Anal fissures are a problem that many face. Before one begins to treat anal fissures, they need to clearly understand them, so that they can take all necessary steps to ensure it does not reoccur. An anal fissure is a tear in the lower rectum or the anus...

Drug which is not from the doctor cause problem to young children

Aug. 31 | The Australian government announced that the parents who used to always give medication to their little children such as for fever, coughing, or cold which is not from the doctor is causing a lot of problems to their children. A group of researchers from...

Eye Disorder Screening May Get Boost from New Study Findings

Aug. 24 | The reasons which increase the risk of serious short-sightedness as well as other connected to the loss of sight are found by the explorers. Furthermore, there is some method in treating this kind of disease especially those who are with the eye disorder. Explorer...

Common Diabetes Drug may cause Heart Disease

Jun. 28 | According to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a commonly used diabetes drug may increase the chances of having heart disease or a stroke. In a study that consisting of about a quarter million Type 2 diabetic patients,...

No more light or mild cigarettes in the U.S.

Jun. 22 | There may be some marketing changes for those smokers who buy certain specific brands of cigarettes and buying certain light cigarettes may no longer be possible. New regulations on the use of tobacco which went into effect today have banned companies...

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Pfizer’s appeal: Plaintiff to get $2.7 million compensation

Jun. 21 | The United States Supreme Court has rejected Pfizer’s appeal against a verdict in favour of a woman who had complained that a menopause drug sold by the company was the primary reason for her breast cancer. The justices at the court decided to uphold...

Fake generic Tamiflu in market: FDA issues warning

Jun. 19 | The FDA is trying to warn consumers who are buying fake versions of Tamiflu that buying fake Tamiflu medicine could be dangerous for people suffering from penicillin allergy. According to FDA officials, the sites that are selling generic Tamiflu are selling...

FDA to decide the fate of Controversial Contraceptive Pill, EllaOne

Jun. 16 | The United States Food and Drug Administration may support the new, controversial and longer-lasting “morning after pill” for distribution in the United States. According to certain sources, a panel of experts will meet on Thursday to decide whether...

Vitamin B6 linked to lower lung cancer risk

Jun. 16 | A new study has found that people who are having high concentrations of Vitamin B6 in their blood may be less likely to develop lung cancer than those having low concentrations of Vitamin B6. According to an article published in the Journal of the American...