Mexican Mangoes Linked to Salmonella Cases

Sweet and juicy mangoes are the perfect fruit for the end of summer. But maybe you'll want to hold off on your craving until the most recent salmonella outbreak has passed.

Ezogabine

Ezogabine is a prescription medication used to treat partial-onset seizures in adults. Ezogabine belongs to a group of drugs called potassium channel openers, which may work by reducing abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

This medication comes in tablet form and is taken three times a day, with or without food.

Common side effects include dizziness, confusion, sleepiness, and tiredness. 

Are You Fat?

The image of "obesity" often conjures up people who can barely fit through a doorway or who always require two airline seats.

Women's Health Info in Your Pocket

Your doctor just told you that you're at risk for osteoporosis. He steps out for a moment, and you wish you could quickly look it up for a summary of the condition. Now you can.

Rosiglitazone & Glimepiride

Rosiglitazone/glimepiride is a prescription medication used to treat type 2 diabetes. It is a single tablet containing two different medications, glimepiride and rosiglitazone. Glimepiride belongs to a group of drugs called sulfonylureas. It can help your body release more of its own insulin. Rosiglitazone belongs to a group of drugs called thiazolidinediones. It can help your body respond better to insulin. These medicines can work together to help control your blood sugar.

This medication comes in tablet...

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Does Neurofeedback really work?

Scientist have made amazing progress measuring the electrical fields of the brain, especially in recent decades.

Does medical science now know enough to be able to use that knowledge to change the brain's electrical state, so that patients with medical conditions benefit?

For the better part of a century, researchers and clinicians have been able to put sensors on a patient's scalp to measure how the brain's 100 billion neurons generate electrical fields. The patterns produced when these fields are recorded by the sensors as waves are known as an electroencephalogram...

Are You Taking an Off-Label Medication?

Off-label drug use happens when a drug is used for a condition for which it does not have approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Doctors may give an off-label prescription for many reasons.

Frontiers in Lung Cancer

In the final installment of our series on lung cancer, we continue our conversation with one of the nation’s leading experts.

Platelet Inhibitor No Match for Plavix

Doctors are always looking to help patients with the latest technology and newest medications. But sometimes, the tried and true method may be the best way to go for heart attack patients.

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