Public Release: 6-Nov-2018 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association The human gut is teeming with billions of beneficial bacteria. Therapies that use antibiotics often destroy most of them. Whether and how the intestinal flora will… Read More ›
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Higher levels of urinary fluoride associated with ADHD in children
Public Release: 10-Oct-2018 University of Toronto Higher levels of urinary fluoride associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children Higher levels of urinary fluoride during pregnancy are associated with more ADHD-like symptoms in school-age children, according to University of… Read More ›
Changes in bacterial mix linked to antibiotics increase risk for type 1 diabetes
Public Release: 24-Jul-2018 NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine A single course of antibiotics early in childhood may increase risk for Type 1 diabetes. This is the finding of a study in mice led by researchers from NYU… Read More ›
Anticonvulsant drugs ineffective for low back pain and can cause harm, despite increased prescribing
Public Release: 3-Jul-2018 Canadian Medical Association Journal Anticonvulsant drugs are increasingly being used to treat low back pain, but a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) finds they are ineffective and can have adverse effects. “Clinically, the prescription… Read More ›
Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those COPD
Public Release: 26-Jun-2018 Serotonergic antidepressants increase respiratory-related adverse events for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, study suggests St. Michael’s Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 – Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with… Read More ›
One-third of US adults may unknowingly use medications that can cause depression
Public Release: 12-Jun-2018 Polypharmacy on the rise University of Illinois at Chicago IMAGE: This is Dima Qato. Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine A new study from University of Illinois at Chicago researchers suggests that more than one-third of U.S. adults may… Read More ›
Millions could have incorrect statin, aspirin and blood pressure prescriptions
Public Release: 4-Jun-2018 Stanford Medicine More than 11 million Americans may have incorrect prescriptions for aspirin, statins and blood pressure medications, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their findings are based on… Read More ›
Oral antibiotics linked to increased kidney stone risk for several years after use
PUBLIC RELEASE: 10-MAY-2018 Risk appears to be highest among children AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY Highlights Use of oral antibiotics was linked with an increased risk of developing kidney stones. Risk decreased over time but was still elevated several years after… Read More ›
Noise throws the heart out of rhythm
Public Release: 3-May-2018 Mainz University Medical Center publishes new results on noise pollution from the Gutenberg Health Study Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz IMAGE: Noise throws the heart out of rhythm. Credit: Photomontage realized by Peter Pulkowski, Mainz University Medical… Read More ›
Daily aspirin doubles the risk of melanoma in men
Public Release: 3-May-2018 Daily aspirin linked to higher risk in men Women taking daily aspirin do not have higher risk in the same population Northwestern University Results surprising because aspirin is often reported to decrease risk of certain cancers Men… Read More ›
Kids exposed to general anesthestic have poorer development, literacy and numeracy scores
Public Release: 26-Apr-2018 University of Sydney The new finding published today in Pediatric Anesthesia, is based on a data-linkage study of over 210,000 children in New South Wales, Australia. The 211,978 children included in the study were born in… Read More ›
One in every six deaths in young adults is opioid-related: Study
Rate of opioid-related deaths in Ontario has tripled in past fifteen years, with most significant increase in young adults St. Michael’s Hospital IMAGE: Dr. Tara Gomes is a researcher at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s… Read More ›
Common class of drugs linked to dementia even when taken 20 years before diagnosis
Public Release: 25-Apr-2018 Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – The largest and most detailed study of the long-term impact of anticholinergic drugs, a class of drugs commonly prescribed in the United States and United Kingdom as antidepressants and incontinence medications, has… Read More ›
Commonly prescribed heartburn drug linked to pneumonia in older adults
Public Release: 24-Apr-2018 American Geriatrics Society Researchers at the University of Exeter have found a statistical link between pneumonia in older people and a group of medicines commonly used to neutralize stomach acid in people with heartburn or stomach ulcers…. Read More ›
Post-surgical opioids can, paradoxically, lead to chronic pain
Public Release: 16-Apr-2018 Rats given morphine experienced pain-reactivity for three weeks longer, inflammatory changes in spinal cord University of Colorado at Boulder Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and… Read More ›
Reflux medications linked to chronic kidney disease and kidney failure
Public Release: 4-Nov-2017 American Society of Nephrology Highlights In an analysis of published studies, individuals who used proton pump inhibitors had a 33% increased relative risk of developing chronic kidney disease or kidney failure when compared with non-users. Results from… Read More ›
How a chemo drug can help cancer spread from the breast to the lungs
Public Release: 7-Aug-2017 Mouse study helps explain the paradoxical pro-cancer effects of paclitaxel Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio -The very same treatment that thwarts breast cancer has a dark side — it can fuel the spread of the… Read More ›
Sunscreen creams break down into dangerous chemical compounds under the sunlight
Public Release: 27-Jun-2017 Scientists of Moscow State University have found out that avobenzone decomposes into harmful chemical compounds Lomonosov Moscow State University Caption Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have demonstrated in… Read More ›
Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit masculinity
Public Release: 22-Jun-2017 Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit the development of ‘male behavior’ in mice; new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that it can reduce sex drive and aggressive behavior University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health… Read More ›
Study finds 1 in 5 hospitalized adults suffer side effects from prescribed antibiotics
Public Release: 14-Jun-2017 Infectious disease experts say nearly a fifth of prescriptions were unnecessary Johns Hopkins Medicine A study examining the impact of antibiotics prescribed for nearly 1500 adult patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital found that adverse… Read More ›
Unpublished trial data show side effects of a key MS drug increase secondary autoimmune diseases by 50%
Public Release: 12-Jun-2017 Previously unpublished trial data explain effects and side effects of key MS drug Through a Freedom of Information request to the European Medicines Agency, researchers from Queen Mary University of London gained access to the phase III… Read More ›
Common antibiotics linked to increased risk of miscarriage
Public Release: 1-May-2017 Canadian Medical Association Journal Many classes of common antibiotics, such as macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole, were associated with an increased risk of miscarriage in early pregnancy, according to a new study published in… Read More ›
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) damages memory and coordination, exercise can help recover
Public Release: 26-Apr-2017 Resistance exercises recover motor and memory impairment caused by flavor enhancer The Physiological Society A study in rats, published in Experimental Physiology, showed that resistance exercise recovers memory and motor impairment caused by the flavour enhancer monosodium… Read More ›
‘Alarmingly high’ risk of death for people with opioid use disorder in general medical care
Public Release: 24-Apr-2017 Wolters Kluwer Health April 24, 2017 – Almost one-fifth of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) in a large healthcare system died during a four-year follow-up period, reports a study in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the… Read More ›
‘Harmless’ painkillers associated with up to 50% increased risk of cardiac arrest
Public Release: 15-Mar-2017 Researchers advise avoiding diclofenac and limiting ibuprofen to 1200 mg per day European Society of Cardiology Sophia Antipolis, 15 March 2017: Painkillers considered harmless by the general public are associated with increased risk of cardiac arrest, according… Read More ›
Popular heartburn drugs linked to gradual yet ‘silent’ kidney damage
Public Release: 22-Feb-2017 Most patients don’t experience acute kidney problems beforehand Washington University in St. Louis Caption Taking popular heartburn medication for prolonged periods may lead to serious kidney damage, even in people who show no signs of… Read More ›
Antibiotics shown to stimulate bad bacteria growth by 300%
Public Release: 30-Jan-2017 University of Exeter IMAGE: These are two types of lab E. coli smeared across an agar plate. The green ones are drug resistant and the blue ones are not. Credit: The University of Exeter The growth… Read More ›
Antibiotics, not dirty hospitals, the main cause of C. difficile epidemic
Public Release: 24-Jan-2017 University of Oxford The study concluded that overuse of antibiotics like ciprofloxacin led to the outbreak of severe diarrhoea caused by C. difficile that hit headlines from 2006 onwards. The outbreak was stopped by substantially… Read More ›
New data show heightened risk of birth defects with antidepressants
Public Release: 18-Jan-2017 University of Montreal MONTREAL, January 18, 2017 – A new Université de Montréal study in the British Medical Journal reveals that antidepressants prescribed to pregnant women could increase the chance of having a baby with… Read More ›
Gastric acid suppressants linked to hospitalization
Public Release: 11-Jan-2017 Sax Institute New research has found a link between popular heartburn drugs and an increase in the risk of infectious gastroenteritis — an illness that results in 13.1 million lost days of work in Australia… Read More ›
Medications for heartburn and gastric issues could lower possibility of survival and recovery for cancer patients
Public Release: 15-Dec-2016 Avoiding over-the-counter heartburn meds could save cancer patients’ lives University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry IMAGE: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which are very common medications for heartburn and gastrointestinal bleeding, decrease effects of… Read More ›
Aspartame may prevent, not promote, weight loss by blocking intestinal enzyme’s activity
Public Release: 22-Nov-2016 Mass. General study identifies possible mechanism behind sugar substitute’s lack of effectiveness Massachusetts General Hospital A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found a possible mechanism explaining why use of the sugar substitute aspartame… Read More ›
Walking Corpse side effect of a common cold sore cream
Ralph Turchiano Walking Corpse side effect of a common cold sore cream Also known as Walking Dead Syndrome, Death Delusion, Cotard’s Syndrome. We review the Primary Study ” Death delusion from the BMJ 2007 ” in regard to a rare… Read More ›
Vaccinating against dengue may increase Zika outbreaks
Public Release: 31-Oct-2016 York University TORONTO, Monday, October 31, 2016 — Vaccinating against dengue fever could increase outbreaks of Zika, suggests new research out of York University and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China. The research identifies a potentially… Read More ›
Yearly exposure to chemicals dangerous to hormone function burdens Americans with hundreds of billions in health care costs and lost earnings
Public Release: 17-Oct-2016 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Caption Annual health care costs and lost earnings in the United States from low-level but daily exposure to hazardous chemicals commonly found in plastic… Read More ›
Men born to in vitro fertilization likely to be infertile themselves
Public Release: 5-Oct-2016 First results on semen quality from the world’s oldest group of ICSI men European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology First results from the world’s oldest group of young men conceived by means of intracytoplasmic sperm injection… Read More ›
New Research indicates its the amount of gluten that triggers celiac disease not the timing
Public Release: 3-Oct-2016 New research delimits the possible causes of celiac disease Lund University The amount of gluten could be a more important clue than breast-feeding or the timing of the introduction of gluten for continued research into the causes… Read More ›
Prescription sleep aids carry a rare suicide risk, review finds
Public Release: 3-Oct-2016 Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 3, 2016) – Prescription sleep aids appear to carry a rare risk of suicide, most typically when they cause the unexpected response of stimulating rather than… Read More ›
Codeine too risky for kids, experts say, urging restrictions on use
Date: September 19, 2016 Source: American Academy of Pediatrics Summary: Experts are urging parents and health providers to stop giving codeine to children, calling for more education about its risks and restrictions on its use in patients under age… Read More ›
Dengue vaccine makes dengue infection far worse not better
“If someone has never been exposed to dengue, the vaccine seems to act like a silent infection. The initial exposure to the virus from the vaccine primes the immune system, so when they are infected again, the symptoms are more… Read More ›
Five-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations
Public Release: 29-Aug-2016 World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists New research presented at this year’s World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong (28 Aug – 2 Sept) shows that patients who have surgery during the night are twice… Read More ›
How do antidepressants trigger fear and anxiety?
Public Release: 24-Aug-2016 UNC School of Medicine researchers map the anxiety circuit in the brain and use a compound to limit fearful behavior — an acute side effect of commonly prescribed SSRI antidepressants University of North Carolina Health Care… Read More ›
Prenatal exposure to paracetamol (acetaminophen), may increase autism spectrum symptoms by 30%
Public Release: 1-Jul-2016 Oxford University Press A new study has found that paracetamol (acetaminophen), which is used extensively during pregnancy, has a strong association with autism spectrum symptoms in boys and for both genders in relation to attention-related and… Read More ›
Deceiving the public about Fosamax side effects, was it the FDA or Merck?
Merck Fights Broken-Leg Claims in 3rd Circuit By NICK RUMMELL NEWARK, N.J. (CN) — Remaining class-action lawsuits claiming one of Merck’s drugs caused weakened bones and eventual femur fractures should not go to a jury trial, the pharmaceutical… Read More ›
Low doses of common cancer drug may promote cancer spread
Public Release: 22-Jun-2016 Wiley New research indicates that paclitaxel, which is the most commonly used chemotherapy for breast cancer, suppresses tumors when given at a certain dosage, but at low doses, it actually promotes cancer spread to the liver…. Read More ›
Brief exposure to opioids may be a contributor to chronic pain
Public Release: 30-May-2016 Narcotic painkillers prolong pain in rats, says CU-Boulder study Findings may have far-reaching implications for humans University of Colorado at Boulder The dark side of painkillers – their dramatic increase in use and ability to trigger abuse,… Read More ›
Antibiotics may stop the growth of new brain cells in the hippocampus
Public Release: 19-May-2016 Mouse study finds link between gut bacteria and neurogenesis Cell Press Caption This visual abstract depicts the findings of Möhle et al., which show the impact of prolonged antibiotic treatment on brain cell plasticity and cognitive… Read More ›
Common cleanser rapidly disrupts gut bacteria
Public Release: 18-May-2016 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study suggests that triclosan, an antimicrobial and antifungal agent found in many consumer products ranging from hand soaps to toys and even toothpaste, can rapidly disrupt bacterial communities… Read More ›
Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be common in Iraq, Afghanistan vets
Public Release: 13-May-2016 Veterans Affairs Research Communications In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve members who had deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, a majority reported symptoms consistent with a condition… Read More ›
Botox affects the ability to read emotions
Public Release: 12-May-2016 Emotions in the age of Botox Aesthetic treatments based on botulin toxin affect the perception of emotions International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) By now we are all used to seeing its more or less successful results… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 