Why Can Grapefruit Interfere With Some Medications? People are discouraged from consuming grapefruits or grapefruit juice while taking certain medications because they can affect the way the medications are metabolized. Now scientists are closer to understanding why this dangerous interaction occurs. Johns Hopkins
Health Alerts reports on the latest research.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures Title: Pain Relief for Osteoporosis Patients With Fractures
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Source: www.medicinenet.comFungus Protein That Attacks Pathogenic Fungi - Fungicide From Penicillium A fungus protein that attacks pathogenic fungi is the focal point of aproject recently launched by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. As well asexamining the structure of the protein, the project will also closelyanalyse the physiological changes that it causes in the cells of pathogenicfungi. Combined with findings from an earlier project, the new data couldform the basis for the development of an effective treatment of certainfungal infections.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWal-Mart Says Generic Drug Discount Program Has Saved Consumers More Than $1B Wal-Mart's discount program for generic
prescription drugs has saved customers more than $1 billion in 2007, company officials announced on Friday, the Arizona Republic reports (Alltucker, Arizona Republic, 3/16).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Tip: Preparing for Parenthood Title:
Health Tip: Preparing for Parenthood
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Source: www.medicinenet.comMore Scrutiny Of Local Commissioning, Say Pharmacy Bodies, UK Responding jointly to the inquiry by the Local Government Association
Health Commission into the local accountability of
health services, the four national pharmacy bodies - CCA, NPA, RPSGB and PSNC - have called for the Department of
Health's World Class Commissioning programme to set out more robust accountability arrangements. They have also urged local authorities to take a more active role as scrutineers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins Title: New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins
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Source: www.medicinenet.comEmbolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids Title: Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids
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Source: www.medicinenet.comSolution For High Drug Prices, New Book The increasing U.S. drug price crisis can be stopped and eventually reversed by separating drug discovery from drug marketing and by establishing a non-profit company to oversee funding for new
medicines, according to two MIT experts on the pharmaceutical industry.Stan Finkelstein, M.D.
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