Magnesium: the secret remedy for childhood asthma - Magnesium may be a safe alternative to bronchodilators when children are suffering a severe asthma attack. When an infusion of magnesium sulphate (40...

Intravenous magnesium helps severe asthma - Yet another trial has confirmed the usefulness of intravenous magnesium therapy as a treatment for severe asthma, according to a new double-blind, pla...

Terbutaline infusion - Terbutaline infusion normally reserved for treating asthma and bronchitis is being used on women in the US to help their pregnancies go to term. It h...

Mineral salt improves breathing in asthmatics - An intravenous solution of magnesium sulphate may be the best way to treat patients suffering from acute asthma attacks. That's the conclusion of two...

Heart attacks: vitamin cure - Intravenous magnesium has been found to reduce early death from heart attacks. ...

Asthma resistance - Asthma sufferers who regularly take one of the beta-2 agonists may be building up a resistance to the more powerful and newer drugs used to ease an ac...

Cholesterol drug no better than placebo-specialist - Pravastatin, the cholesterol lowering drug, is no better than placebo, a leading heart specialist has concluded. For every case of heart attack the d...

Heart Infusions: A routine practice that’s useless, and possibly dangerous - Heart attack patients are routinely given infusions of glucose, insulin and potassium – but they could be fatal, researchers have suddenly discovered.