Magnesium: the secret remedy for childhood asthma - Childhood asthma can be a frightening and sometimes dangerous problem Standard bronchodilators don t always work or can have serious side effects...

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...

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...

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...

Magnesium may halve the risk of eclampsia - A new, landmark study has shown that pregnant women with preeclampsia treated with magnesium sulphate can halve the risk of eclampsia (convulsions) an...

Are you suffering from chronic acidosis? - The latest dietary fad to hit the US and the UK involves the acid-alkaline balance of your body and the fact that you need to control a tendency towar...

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.