All drugs have side effects. That's pretty much a universal factor. Most drugs that pass through rigorous testing and gain FDA approval are determined to have enough benefit to make any known risks acceptable. Often, however, it takes time for all side effects to become clear. Often, too, the significance of the effects isn't absorbed by the doctors prescribing the drugs.
From Canada comes a story titled, "Dementia drugs may put some patients at risk, Queen's study shows," that reports on a...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about more than two dozen weight-loss products that they say contain undeclared... Read more »
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