Adverse drug reactions need to be taken seriously

Adverse drug reactions need to be taken seriously

I regularly hear from patients and parents that reporting adverse drug reactions to doctors frequently leads to denial of the association. This short-...

The 3 most dangerous drugs: They cause a third of all adverse reactions in the elderly

Just three drugs are responsible for a third of all serious adverse reactions among the elderly. The drugs – warfarin, insulin and digoxin – were 35...

Power lines: Short circuits to illness

EMFs from power lines have been linked to leukaemia, Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases—so why is nobody doing anything about them?

Adverse Reactions: 700,000 people need emergency hospital care every year

Statistic of the week: Every year 700,000 people in the USA need emergency out-patient hospital care following an adverse reaction to a prescription...

Drugs: One in seven suffers drug reaction in hospital

Around one in seven people in hospital suffers an adverse reaction to a drug while there. Although adverse reactions to drugs are a common reason for...

Drug Reactions: Deaths and serious problems triple in 8 years

The annual rates of serious adverse reactions and deaths from a prescribed drug have almost tripled since 1998.