Painkillers

Aspirin: It kills 20,000 Americans every year

Common over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin kill around 20,000 Americans every year, and another 100,000 end up in hospital as a result of taking the drug, new research reveals. more »

Vioxx: More evidence of heart damage

Yet more evidence has just come to light about the dangers of the painkiller Vioxx (rofecoxib), which was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after it was found to cause heart failure. more »

Aspirin: It doesn’t stop cognitive decline after all

Aspirin has become the great just-in-case treatment for the West. A little a day is supposed to ward off heart disease, high cholesterol, and mental decline. Actually, strike off that last one. more »

'Safe' Painkillers: Restricted ingredients are making addicts of thousands

Many thousands of people are addicted to the ‘safe’ over-the-counter drugs, such as simple painkillers. more »

Paracetamol: It’s far more dangerous than you think (just ask the Irish)

Paracetamol is one of the world’s most popular painkillers – and it is also far more dangerous than the millions who take it realize. more »

Natural pain relief

A reader is eager for advice on how he can replace prescription pain medication with a natural alternative. more »

Paracetamol: A deadly painkiller, even at the recommended dose

Paracetamol – or acetaminophen as it’s known in the States – is the most widely used painkiller in the world. There’s a pack in most homes, and you can always nip out to the local newsagents or gener... more »

Painkillers: Merck is back with another ‘safe’ drug

How to succeed in business, lesson 439: Tenacity and persistence. This lesson’s case study is drug company Merck. The company is currently fighting the world’s largest civil action suit over its CO... more »

COX-2 Drugs: And then there was one

How much longer can the COX-2 painkillers survive? There’s just one version left on the market – Pfizer’s Celebrex (celecoxib) – and that has been found to dramatically increase the risk of heart att... more »

Aspirin: no cure for pre-eclampsia

Daily doses of aspirin do not help prevent pre-eclampsia, concludes a major study. ... more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world:  only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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23:36 | Health Conditions (KiwiGal)

Re: Lung Cancer

Thank you for replying, Talia. And you are right in that it wasn't necessary for me to focus on her statement that her friend was highly intelligent (even though he had 7 chances in 8 that his can... more »

17:57 | Health Conditions (meike)

Re: eczema

You have to remember with excema, it is not the skin that is the problem, but the fact that your immune system (fight anmd flight mechanism) is overproducing anti-bodies or histamines. these erupt fro... more »

15:34 | Health Conditions (talia)

Re: Lung Cancer

Kiwigal, you are right, there was no specific question, but I sensed that some help and advice was being asked for and yours, being the first, gave a rather negative and slightly unenlightening r... more »

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