Free radicals: link to diabetes - Free radicals the "sparks" that are set off in your body when oxygen burns off food and foreign chemicals look like being the cause of diabetes. ...

A pandora’s box of adverse effects - For years, non-specific anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and paracetamol (acetaminophen) were the medications of choice for joint pain. But NSA...

Antacids: - They increase your chances of pneumonia - Many of us have taken an antacid or some other mild over-the-counter remedy for a minor gastric problem - but we increase our chances of catching pneu...

Too much sugar produces free radicals - A new clinical study has shown that glucose ingestion can lead to increased production of free radicals in the body. ...

Antacids for indigestion - If you’re about to reach for that bottle of antacids after the Christmas blow-out - think again. New research suggests that the world’s most popular d...

Zantac - Zantac (ranitidine), the ulcer drug, is one of the world's top bestsellers. Consequently, the recent news that most ulcers are caused by the helicobac...

Antacids for indigestion - Curing reflux without drugs - Frequent reflux, heartburn and indigestion could be signs of a more serious, underlying problem such as leaky gut, parasites or fermentation in the gu...

Adverse effects reported with anthrax prophylaxis - Around 20 per cent of those taking the antibiotic ciprofloxacin to prevent anthrax infection will experience adverse reactions to the drug, say the US...