Recent drug withdrawals and cases of adverse drug effects on patients have stolen the confidence among people in using certain drugs. The only way to instill confidence in patients is to make the promise of safety and adherence to quality standards in available medicines. Here marketing doesn't work. Only honesty does. And pharmacovigilance signal detection is one of the best ways to detect and prevent adverse events.

Let's face it; drug safety is an issue...

Lap band surgery complications
Surgical Risks:
The major risks associated with gastric banding are significantly less than other forms of bariatric surgery. Since the banding procedure does not involve opening of the gastric cavity and there is no cutting, stapling or bypassing, most of the side effects and potential for infection usually associated with obesity surgery are avoided.
Possible Complications:
The most significant problem associated with gastric...

Many people believe that they might have a yeast infection, also known as candidiasis, and try to solve the problem all by themselves using over the counter medication. But in truth yeast infection can be easily confused with other medical ailments. So what should you look for as signs that you could have yeast infection? It's a difficult question. Medical studies show that much of the diagnoses of this medical problem that are made actually mistake symptoms of infection by bacteria...

A small percentage of women often discover that an anti fungal yeast infection cure actually makes their yeast infection worse. Fluconazole is an oral anti fungal drug that is prescribed by doctors to kill the mutated Candida Albicans yeast that is the common cause of vaginal yeast infections. The outcome of the treatment though, is not always the one that is expected.

Fluconazole works by breaking down the fungus that is causing the infection so it can no longer survive in...

In a series of discussions substantiated by findings and excerpts from reputed medical journals and scientists, we strive to understand the importance of exhaled nitric oxide and its role in the treatment of asthma.

In the first part of the series, we discuss the findings from the reputed New England Journal of Medicine on Use of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements to Guide Treatment in Chronic Asthma.

In medicine, exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) can be measured in a...

There are a lot of nutritional supplements available in the market which can correct the imbalance caused by improper diet. These nutritional supplements can nourish the body with all the essential requirements helping in improving overall health. Some of the popular nutritional supplements available in the market include, Nutratose, Glycobalance, Limuplex and Ambrotose. They are all produced by different companies and also are different when it comes to their ingredients.

It is a fact that almost 90% of Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by attention to diet and the use of specific supplements. However, before having a look at these possibilities, we shall first have a look at what type 2 diabetes is so that the means of prevention can be better understood.

Diabetes is a condition, not a disease. It cannot be passed from one person to another, and there is evidence that it is hereditary since it tends to run in families. In the past it tended to...

Podophyllin resin is derived from the rhizome of the Mayapple, a plant that grows wild in eastern North America. Podophyllum hexandrum that grows in India's mountains has even more of the active component. Podophyllin was used as a medicine by native Americans. Doctors in New Orleans started using it for the treatment of genital warts in the 1930's.

In 1942 the first description of this practice was published in the medical literature, the first topical treatment of genital warts....

Aloe is an ancient cure-all since Egyptian times, a highly concentrated aloe can do wonders for a number of health issues such as:

1) Aloe Vera juice is great for immune system support.

2) Increased energy levels are noted in people who regularly take aloe juice because of it's natural amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

3) Aloe Vera can add a rich supply of building materials to produce and maintain healthy skin. The skin replenishes itself every 21 to...

Suffering from mid back pain can be terribly painful and frustrating. The cause of mid back pain are as various as the individuals who suffer from such pain and there are millions of individuals who suffer from some type of back pain. Mid back pain depends upon the sort of activity which is being done when mid back pain begins, whether poor posture, emotional stress or a normal everyday task, improper lifting, accidental trauma, tightening of the diaphragm, standing for long periods of...