The pharmaceutical industry contends that the samples help the uninsured and people with low incomes, but the study of prescription use by nearly 33,000 U.S. residents during 2003 found that the neediest were least likely to get samples. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Some old names for illnesses found in old medical records or listed as causes
of death on old death certificates or in old family Bibles. picked by neilharvey 1 year ago

Ask your doctor if Aciphex is right for you and try not to laugh.


* Sorry this is the low quality copy of the commercial and misses the beginning. picked by PulsisX 6 months ago

Treatment for genital herpes might slow the progression of the AIDS virus in patients having both diseases, researchers say. Moral of the story? If you contract HIV, go to hookers before seeing your doctors. picked by Green84 1 year ago

German nursing homes are using a novel strategy to stop Alzheimer's patients from wandering off: phantom bus stops.

The idea was first tried at Benrath Senior Centre in Düsseldorf, which pitched an exact replica of a standard stop outside, with one small difference: buses do not use it. picked by Sanduu 3 months ago

A new study shows a worrying link between poor sperm and the number of hours a day that a man uses his mobile phone. picked by ROBFOURYQR 2 years ago

Again with the bad brain surgery stories... picked by buddha 12 months ago

It's not the long-sought cure for the common cold but a 17-year-old Ottawa high school student won a national science competition today by developing a novel way of identifying and perhaps even fighting flu infections. picked by deepcleanfun 3 months ago

Nope, don't see where anything could possibly go wrong here. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

Researchers have invented a tiny probe equipped with an ultrasound scanner that can travel through veins and arteries, taking ultrasound images of its surroundings. picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago

If Cancer, Heart Disease etc don't get yah then perhaps this one will! picked by topofall 7 months ago

Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies were awarded £755,000 for their techniques involving manipulating mouse stem cell manipulation to simulate human diseases in mice.

Slightly more neutral angle of reportage here picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

Pneumonia is the largest single killer of children under age five around the world. The World Health Organization says almost four children die from pneumonia every minute. Most are in developing countries. picked by tchengrox 8 months ago

Ecstasy may be a good medicinal drug for people with Parkinson's. Ecstasy boosts the number of dopamine-producing cells in the brain - the type that decline in those with the disease. picked by sparky 2 years ago

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said... that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care.

"If you are going to be in the system, you can't choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years." picked by ImNotBlue 12 months ago

It seems so painful to me! picked by safgnnnvv 1 year ago

Pfizer pulls ads featuring the inventor of the artificial heart, because although he earned a medical degree, is not licensed to practice medicine. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

When Chad and Keri McCartney say their infant daughter, Macie Hope, is born again, they aren’t referring to religion — the month-old miracle baby really was born twice. The first “birth” was about six months into Keri McCartney’s pregnancy, when surgeons at Texas Children’s Hospital took the tiny fetus from Keri’s womb to remove a tumor that would have ki... read full post picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday examined the debate over the risks and efficacy of alternatives to hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A 63-year-old leukemia patient from Florida who never earned a college degree recently designed a method using nanotechnology that may make chemotherapy an archaic treatment of the past.

Link fixed. picked by deepcleanfun 12 months ago