FDA Approves New Osteoarthritis Drug
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved diclofenac capsules (Zorvolex, Iroko Pharmaceuticals) for the management of osteoarthritis (OA) pain, the company announced today. OA pain is the …
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Adverse Events Rare With Vaccines
Jonathan Temte MD, MS, PhD (Expert Comment) Polio visited me twice in the past week. On call, I admitted a patient with post-polio syndrome. Acquired at age 2 from …
Top 10 Essential Oils for Health and Survival
Many practitioners of alternative medicine are now encouraging the use of essential oils for minor ailments such as wounds, insect bites, nausea, headaches, digestive disorders and more. This is …
Life Threatening Events During Endurance Sports: Heat Stroke vs Cardiac Arrhythmia Death
by Paul D. Thompson, MD (Cardiology) Everyone suddenly seems to be interested in the cardiac problems of athletes. The general rule-of-thumb is that most exercise-related cardiac events in adults …
Aspirin vs Cancer: Aspirin Wins!
Aspirin has long been known to have cancer prevention effects, but it has not been widely used for this because of concerns about potential harm. Experts have now declared, …