Septrin's 'safe' substitute - The safety of the broad spectrum antibiotic co-trimoxazole, prescribed most frequently as Septrin (Septra in the US) or Bactrim, has been suspect for...

Heart attack: What can happen to you 12 months later - There’s one thing that may very well happen to you if you suffer a heart attack, and it’s something doctors almost never warn you about.

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Asthma drugs: no help for kids - Children with asthma and related breathing problems are being given drugs that don't help the condition, and which may do them harm, according to two...

Gas stoves linked to asthma - Women who cook with gas stoves are more likely to develop asthma and other respiratory problems, researchers have discovered. ...

Children's asthma may be caused by air pollution - Air pollution could be a major cause of respiratory disease, including asthma in children. This finding, from the University of Groningen in the Neth...

Asthma drugs: - Bronchodilators double death risk in first 12 months - Asthma drugs have had a chequered past, going back to the early 1960s when the non-selective beta-agonist isoprenaline was withdrawn. Since then worr...

Asthma: a breath of fresh air - If ever a disease were misunderstood by modern medicine, it is asthma. Although doctors finally have begun to accept that asthma may be caused by an a...