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The high cost of prescription drugs has led many people to seek cheaper meds across the border. If you buy drugs from Canada or know someone who does, you might want to reconsider those purchases.
The drugs you pay for might not be the ones you get, according to the Food and Drug Association. According to a story done by the Associated Press:
Testing revealed fake versions of Lipitor and other widely used prescription drugs ordered through Web sites linked to a Canadian pharmacy, the...
I'm currently at Stanford University for an international symposium on valley fever. Valley fever is primarily a lung disease that is caught when the fungus Coccidioides is inhaled. It's endemic to the lower San Joaquin Valley and parts of Mexico and South America. I wrote a story, published in today's paper, about the three vaccines being studied.
Here's a little bit from the story:
Once people are infected with the disease, their bodies produce antibodies that stay with them for most,...
As kids bring home their supply list for school, you might want to add one more thing to it: a check-up. Making sure all your child's health issues are in check can eliminate a potential cause for worry, helping your child concentrate better in the classroom.
Many parents might have already had their child looked at when they got their required vaccinations. If your kid still needs a few more shots, here's a list of the vaccinations needed before entering kindergarten:
Five shots...
A 16-year-old cancer patient got his wish today to forgo chemotherapy.
According to an Associated Press story, the family’s attorneys and social services officials reached a consent decree, which said that Starchild Abraham Cherrix, who is battling Hodgkin’s disease, will be treated by an oncologist of his choice who is board-certified in radiation therapy and interested in alternative treatments.
The story says:
Last summer, the teen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's...
Do you have different colored fibers coming out of your skin? This is just one symptom of Morgellons, a possible urban myth of a disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into.
Here's some information from a story the San Francisco Chronicle did in June:
"Not a day passes when I don't talk to somebody who claims to have this," said CDC spokesman Dan Rutz. "In the absence of any objective review, people have jumped to...
Plan B, the morning after pill, is getting closer to over-the-counter status nationwide. The maker of Plan B, Barr Pharmaceuticals, said yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration promises to speed up the process. Here's a story about the recent developments, done by MSNBC.
Plan B has sparked a log of debate over the last few years. Is it abortion? Is it morally right or wrong? Will it lead women to become more promiscuous? Will it lead to fewer unplanned pregnancies?
I know that...
I don't think much has been written about this in the United States, but it's something that is being talked about among researchers.
In March, human trials started on TGN1412, a drug designed to treat chronic inflammatory conditions and leukemia, by the German firm TeGenero in England. Eight healthy men entered the study -- six got the drug, two got the placebo.
According to a story done by Reuters, "A volunteer who was given a placebo, or dummy drug, described how the other men...
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On Friday, I had lunch with some people at Option Care, a specialty pharmacy near Meadows Field. The topic of conversation was hepatitis C, a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. Option Care does a lot of hep C education for patients and their families, the group said. Along with dispensing the treatment, they also run an orientation program and council patients. The group, which included several nurses and a former patient, dispelled some misconceptions about the disease....
About a week ago, Babytalk, a magazine usually found in OB/GYN and pediatrician offices, found itself in controversy over its cover of a baby breastfeeding.
Rather than potentially offending people by showing the cover in this blog, here's a link to the pic with a story by CBS News about the whole debacle.
I was surprised to hear that people actually shredded the newspaper because they were so appalled.
One woman said, "A breast is a breast; it's a sexual thing. He (her son) didn't...
I just came across this story: Attractive parents 'have more daughters.'
The London Telegraph's story says:
"It postulates that differing "evolutionary strategies" lead parents to produce the sex that would most benefit from their own characteristics."
"So while the children of aggressive, scientific parents tend to be boys, who can outwit their competitors when it comes to finding a mate, the children of beautiful, empathic parents tend to be girls, who can...
When you're a kid, health insurance never was one of those "perks" you thought about when you dreamed about your "grown-up" job. Or at least, it wasn't for me. Even in college, talking about the finer sides of health coverage seemed weirdly adult, like talking about a 401k.
But then after graduation, I lost my coverage. And the nagging in my mind grew from a quiet murmur to thinking "If anything happens, you're going to be in debt up to your ears" every time I...
Congrats! You just found the Californian's health and medicine blog.
On this blog, you'll find interesting stories that are all the buzz in medicine, fun facts, sources for debate, some health stories from the newspaper and, from time to time, other random bits of goodness.
I must admit I'm new to blogging, so I'm looking for lots of input to help this blog be interesting and entertaining. Feel free to debate, comment, disagree and commiserate -- I want to hear it all!
And also, please...
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