Medical News & Information

from businessweek.com by Randy Dotinga Researchers hope to harness mind’s reaction to medication WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have long wondered why placebos — fake medications — sometimes help sick patients get better. Now, a new study says placebos can help psoriasis patients get by on smaller doses of a steroid drug that [...]

from sciencedaily.com press release ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2010) — Children whose parents refuse the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine appear more likely to develop the disease, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Routine childhood immunizations have reduced illness and death related to a [...]

from themedguru.com by Kangna Agarwal New York, January 6 – Most of us have a habit of grabbing the kitchen spoons while taking liquid medicines. However, a new study warns that wrong spoon size may cause dosing errors as people tend to pour either too little or too much of the medicine. “Clearly we know [...]

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