Creating a Potential New Drug-Delivery System From Grapefruit Juice
Grapefruit “nanovectors” may be a step toward new drug-delivery systems. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - May 21, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCAM Source Type: news
Florida researchers develop medically safer hybrid grapefruit
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Grapefruit fans who gave up the fruit to avoid potentially dangerous interactions with their prescription medications may soon be able to indulge in the tangy fruit without risk. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Florida Researchers Develop Medically Safer Hybrid Grapefruit
Grapefruit fans who gave up the fruit to avoid potentially dangerous interactions with their prescription medications may soon be able to indulge in the tangy fruit without risk.
Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Page: Drug Reactions (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA special feature: Don't take this with that - grapefruit interactions with medication
Source: FDA
Area: News
Special feature articles are timely and easy-to-read articles covering drug-related issues produced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), primarily for patients, carers and members of the public. The current article discusses interactions with grapefruit and notes that there are presently more than fifty prescription and over-the-counter drugs known to the FDA that can have negative interactions with grapefruit. (Source: NeLM - News)
Source: NeLM - News - March 1, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
US FDA warns at least fifty drugs react negatively with grapefruit
The US Food and Drug Administration has warned that there are more than fifty prescription and over-the-counter drugs in the US that can have negative affects when taken with grapefruit. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - February 28, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Diets thru history: good, bad, scary
Fad diets come and go, but the idea of dieting itself has been around for centuries. From the Grapefruit Diet to Slim-Fast, here's a look at some of the most famous (and infamous) moments in dieting history. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are you a 'supertaster'?
About a quarter of the population has an especially sensitive sense of taste. What does it mean, and how can you find out if you're one of them?If you're passionate about an art form, be it musical, visual or culinary, it can be galling when others claim to feel your beloved medium more intensely than you. Oh please, you might silently harrumph, you can't prove that. And anyway, I can't hear a note of the Carpenters without my Adam's apple bobbing meaningfully, so bog off.But when it comes to tasting, superior sensitivity can actually be proven. A quick test could reveal you to be what sensory perception scientists refer t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 12, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Amy Fleming Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Food & drink Life and style Food science Source Type: news
Diets through history: good, bad & scary
Fad diets come and go, but the idea of dieting itself has been around for centuries. From the Grapefruit Diet to Slim-Fast, here's a look at some of the most famous (and infamous) moments in dieting history. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen ’ s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen’s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Recovery Your Stories Fibroids Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen ’ s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen ’ s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Gallery: Diets through history
Fad diets come and go, but the idea of dieting itself has been around for centuries. From the Grapefruit Diet to Slim-Fast, here's a look at some of the most famous (and infamous) moments in dieting history. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diets thru history: good, bad & scary
Fad diets come and go, but the idea of dieting itself has been around for centuries. From the Grapefruit Diet to Slim-Fast, here's a look at some of the most famous (and infamous) moments in dieting history. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Video: Drug interactions: Foods as dangerous as grapefruits?
Doctors often warn their patients that eating grapefruit can make their medication less effective. But, as it turns out, grapefruit isn't the only food we have to worry about. Dr. Holly Phillips reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
