Cardiovascular complications of renal disease
Aetiology and management of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease and the use of beta-blockers, statins, diuretics and anticoagulants in controlling progression of disease. (Source: GP Online Education)
Source: GP Online Education - December 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Tags: 15.1 Cardiovascular Problems Source Type: news
Beta Blockers May Not Be Best Heart Drugs for Dementia Patients
Title: Beta Blockers May Not Be Best Heart Drugs for Dementia PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 12/12/2016 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/13/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer)
Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - December 13, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
After MI in Nursing Home, Beta-Blockers May Extend Survival
(MedPage Today) -- But longer life came with tradeoff: accelerated disability (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Beta Blockers May Not Be Best Heart Drugs for Dementia Patients
In this group, use of the meds after a heart attack compromised quality of life, study finds
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Blood Pressure Medicines, Dementia (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Beta Blockers May Not Be Best Heart Drugs for Dementia Patients
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2016 -- Beta blocker drugs are often the go-to medication for people who ' ve survived a heart attack.
But a new study suggests that they may not be the medicine of choice for nursing home residents with dementia.
Taking the drugs... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
ACE Inhibitors, Beta-Blockers Could Mediate Trastuzumab Cardiac Toxicity
In patients with HER2-positive breast cancer undergoing trastuzumab therapy, the use of an ACE inhibitor or beta-blocker could protect against cardiac toxicity. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - December 1, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dave Levitan Tags: Breast Cancer Cancer Complications HER2-Positive Breast Cancer News Source Type: news
Beta-Blockers for Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain Beta-Blockers for Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain
While there is a consensus that cocaine causes cardiotoxicity that is multifactorial in nature, is the role of beta-blockers in mitigating its effects any more clear?Medscape Pharmacists (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacist Ask the Expert Source Type: news
Annette McKenzie will never forgive GP that gave daughter Britney anxiety pills she overdosed on
This summer, 16-year-old Britney Mazzoncini had been to a GP near their Glasgow home complaining of panic attacks and suicidal thoughts. He had prescribed her 84 beta-blocker tablets. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Side Effects of Prescription Drugs on the Body
One of the biggest problems with medical drugs is that even when they “fix” a problem, they often create another one.
And what do you think the medical industry’s solution for that new problem is?
That’s right… another drug.
Just look at antidepressants…
A solid 10% of Americans take these drugs. So chances you or someone you know is on one…
What are the side effects of antidepressant drugs?
They’re supposed to make you happy. But instead of lifting your spirits, these drugs just make you feel numb to everything. They kill your sex drive and can make you fat, suicidal and violent.1
T...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 15, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Health Source Type: news
How To Boost Melatonin Naturally
Most people know melatonin as the sleep hormone. And that’s right. It helps your body cycle down every night so you can rest.
But melatonin is so much more than that…
It’s also one of your body’s most powerful cancer killers. Studies show melatonin boosts the immune system. It protects against the toxic side effects of chemo and radiation. It improves wound healing after surgery. And it even increases cancer survival rates.1
And new research proves that melatonin suppresses the growth of breast cancer tumors.
How does melatonin affect breast cancer?
Mammograms detect cancer.
In a lab at Michigan St...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 10, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Health Women's Health Source Type: news
The 6 Medications You Should Never Take When Driving
It’s a given that safe driving needs concentration, alertness and an ability to react in a coordinated and timely fashion. But what may not occur to you is that the medications you’re taking can seriously impact all of these things. And it’s not just prescription medications, but over-the-counter products as well.
“While laws differ from state to state, you can be charged with a DUI if caught driving hazardously while taking prescription or OTC meds, even if your doctor wrote you that prescription,” adds C. Michael White, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Pr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week ' s topics include appropriate use of beta blockers after heart attack, timing of allergenic foods for infants, a wearable device and its impact on weight loss, and vasectomy and prostate cancer. (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - September 24, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Beta-Blockers Seem Most Effective Early After MI (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
The continued use of beta-blockers 1 year after an acute myocardial infarction doesn ' t improve survival in … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - September 20, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
