Search Results for 'Drugs'

Depression drugs ‘causing falls’

Elderly people with dementia are more likely to suffer falls if they are given anti-depressants by care home staff, a study claims. Many dementia patients also suffer from depression and drugs known as selective serotonin uptake inhibitor [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression drugs ‘causing falls’

Many dementia patients also suffer from depression and drugs known as selective serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are frequently prescribed. But the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology reports that the risk of injuries from falls w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression drugs may aid stroke recovery

Depression drugs could help stroke victims re-establish motor skills in months as well as alleviate patients' depression, French researchers say. In a four-year study in France it was discovered that prescribing the antidepressant fl [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Eating junk food as addictive as drugs

A British study suggests that a diet of burgers, chips and cake programmes your brain to crave even more for foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat content - just like drugs. Over the years, junk food can become a substitute for happ [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Cholesterol drugs - To take or not to take is the question!

To take or not to take cholesterol drugs is the question. Cholesterol drugs are known for its life support system. It has saved the lives of millions.But should this be taken by healthy people? This is a controversial sttaement. The [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food as 'addictive as drugs'

A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research. Over the years these junk foods can become a substitute for happiness and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Clooney - 'Alcohol and drugs keep me fit'

George Clooney has been joking about how he manages to maintain his good looks.The 48-year-old was in the UK this week for the premiere of Fantastic Mr Fox, in which he voices the title character, at the opening of the London Film Festival. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Avoid antipsychotic drugs for elderly, experts urge, after d...

Doctors should try not to prescribe antipsychotic drugs for elderly people with Alzheimer's, geriatricians said following new research that concluded taking people taking the medications had double the risk of dying during the course of the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Texting while driving 'more dangerous than drugs or alcohol'

Texting behind the wheel is more dangerous than driving while under the influence of alcohol or cannabis, researchers said Thursday. Research carried out on 17 young drivers (aged 17-24) using a simulator found that reaction time slowed by [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

FDA Warns Epilepsy Drugs May Raise Suicide Risk

Commonly used antiepileptic drugs may boost the risk of suicide among patients who use them, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. A review of 199 studies comparing 11 of these drugs to placebos found that patients t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Health Hazard: Abusing Alcohol or Drugs

Many of us drink alcohol, and we enjoy it when we do. But it's also true that drinking is a calculated risk, and the healthiest thing a person could do is to have little or none. Other than the antioxidants found in red wine, alcoholic beve [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

How To Be Free From Drugs and Alcohol

Alcohol and drug treatment has changed a lot over the years. The first forms of such treatments were quite brutal; in the dark ages it was thought that addictions were caused by demonic possession, which had many different prescribed &lsquo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Many Women Bodybuilders Abuse Steroids,Use Other Performance...

A new study by McLean Hospital researchers has found widespread abuse of steroids and the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Chemicals in drugs are noxious --

The chemicals in drugs likewise puts great stress on the body, exhausting the pituitary and the adrenals. Although many drugs are relatively harmless when taken for a short period of time, they prove toxic if continued. Aspirin, which is ge [...]