- Causes of Chronic Insomnia (New York Times)
Sleep problems seem to run in families. About 35% of people with insomnia have a family history of insomnia, with the mother being the most commonly affected family member. Still, because so many factors are involved in insomnia, a genetic component is difficult to define.
- Preliminary Tests Show AquaClens at Home Reduces Pharmaceuticals in Lab Samples (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Preliminary test results for Clean Water Scientific, Inc.'s revolutionary water purification system, AquaClens at Home, show that samples of 20 different pharmaceuticals were effectively reduced by 60 to 93 percent in tested water samples.
- CLINICAL PRACTICE: Malaria Prevention in Short-Term Travelers (New England Journal of Medicine)
A family is planning a safari that includes 3 days in Cape Town, 3 days in Kruger National Park, South Africa, and 3 days in Victoria Falls, Zambia. The 31-year-old husband takes no medications, but recently he discontinued fluoxetine for depression. His 29-year-old wife is healthy and 15 weeks pregnant. Their 7-year-old child is in good health. How should the risk and prevention of malaria be ...
- Walgreens Accused Of Scamming Taxpayers (CBS News)
In a perfect world, Walgreens wouldn't be accused of ripping off taxpayers. But we're nowhere near perfect, and Sharyl Attkisson takes a look inside the accusations that the pharmacy exploited a Medicaid loophole that cost taxpayers big.
- Harvard Health Prozac's link to bleeding isn't clear cut (Denver Post)
Q: I've been taking Prozac for the past two years. I recently read that Prozac may increase the risk of bleeding. I had a bleeding ulcer 10 years ago. I never had any stomach pain back then and I can eat anything without getting indigestion. The Prozac has really helped my depression. Can I continue taking it?
- Ask Dr. Gott: Get 2nd opinion on husband's condition (The Monterey County Herald)
Dear Dr. Gott: My husband is 70 years old and feels like a dying man. In the last three months, he has had a plethora of problems, including an unproductive cough (now gone), trembling, light-headedness, dizziness, fatigue, hiccup spasms, nausea, constipation and occasional inability to urinate.