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Author Archives: DrB

Drug for Agitation Makes Alzheimer’s Patients Worse

Written on Feb, 26, 2005 by

Study: Drug for Agitation Makes Alzheimer’s Patients Worse February 18, 2005 (British Medical Journal) — Quetiapine, a drug commonly used in nursing homes to treat agitation and related symptoms in people with Alzheimer’s disease actually worsens patients’ illness, speeding up their rate of…

10 Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties

Written on Feb, 24, 2005 by

February 25, 2005 10 Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties By GARDINER HARRIS and ALEX BERENSON Ten of the 32 government drug advisers who last week endorsed continued marketing of the huge-selling pain pills Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx have consulted…

Green Tea Extract Cream Shows Benefit for Rosacea

Written on Feb, 24, 2005 by

Peggy Peck Medscape Medical News 2005. © 2005 Medscape Feb. 23, 2005In a small study, patients with papulopustular rosacea treated with a hydrophilic cream containing 2% polyphenone (green tea extract) experienced a significant reduction in mean inflammatory lesion count compared with patients applying…

Study shows how green tea may fight bladder cancer

Written on Feb, 24, 2005 by

Study shows how green tea may fight bladder cancer Last Updated: 2005-02-23 16:05:54 -0400 (Reuters Health) By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Green tea extract may interfere with a process that helps early bladder cancer to spread throughout the body, new…

Just Say No

Written on Feb, 23, 2005 by

Just Say No Robert Langreth, 11.29.04 Do you really need all those prescriptions pills you are popping? Maybe not. There’s a backlash building against the cost, risk and side effects of medication, and it’s bad news for the pharmaceutical industry. Wesley Miller was…

Hunter Thompson Kills Himself?

Written on Feb, 21, 2005 by

Hunter S. Thompson kills himself By Robert Lusetich in Los Angeles 22-02-2005 From: The Australian   HUNTER S. Thompson, an iconic contrarian who gave birth to an entertaining, anarchic form of journalism he called gonzo, committed suicide yesterday at his compound outside the…