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There is new evidence linking risk for one kind of fracture with long-term use of bisphosphonates -- drugs like Fosamax that are prescribed to treat osteoporosis in older persons ...

About 5 percent of patients are unhappy with the results of their Lasik procedure. Some cite lack of information about possible results to be key. The FDA is beginning a Lasik ...

Linda Jackson, Pamela Murphy and Daniel Britton wait at a Saint Thomas Health Services clinic. Health care professionals say many patients are putting off routine clinic visits ...

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M. Saeed Dhamee, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, says the loss of cognitive function seems to occur most frequently among older patients who have undergone heart surgery, joint ...

Some patients required to partially pay for statins stop taking the potentially lifesaving, cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a U.S. study of a Canadian system reported in ...

The medical history of some arthritis patients make them unsuitable candidates for biologic drugs such as Enbrel, Remicade, Humira, Orencia, and Rituxan.

Despite recent revelations that show Pfizer's popular arthritis drug Celebrex may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, some doctors and patients are sticking with it.

When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.

Some Patients with Heart Attack Shock Survive Years after Aggressive Treatment

Sadly, in some recent examples, there are societies that have not only stonewalled, but haven't even called me back. And who loses? You do.

Although skin hardening is the most obvious sign of scleroderma, it is by no means the most dangerous: The disease can cause life-threatening problems in the lungs, heart ...

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Some patients with type 2 diabetes can control their disease for years yet avoid insulin injections by using multiple classes of oral diabetic medications, a new study found.

Doctors have recommended forcibly detaining people in South Africa who refuse treatment for a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, an extreme measure meant to keep the infected ...

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Nearly 30 percent of patients discharged from Pennsylvania hospitals between June 2005 and December 2007 did not receive discharge instructions.

Here's what the vice chairman of medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital says about the effects of Lipitor on the cognitive function of some women: This drug makes women stupid.

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In a small series of patients who underwent closed reduction, the standard procedure to repair a broken nose, nearly one-third reported dissatisfaction with the outcome and about ...

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They don't follow doctors; orders. They ask for drugs they see on TV. They demand unnecessary tests. They rely more on Dr. Google than their own doctors. They're bad patients.

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Nerve damage can be side effect of chemotherapy after breast cancer. ... WEST PALM BEACH, FL --Chemotherapy can save the lives of patients who are battling breast cancer.

Doctors may soon be able to predict which leukemia patients will be resistant to certain treatments.

While some physicians have begun making drug sales to patients, others are experimenting with another way of distributing medications: dispensing an initial course of a generic ...

When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.

Though rare, repeat LASIK surgery is sometimes needed for some people. ... April 10, 2003 -- Will just one LASIK solve your vision problem? New data show some patients are at ...