Sentences with phrase «medical side effects»

Medical side effects: Toxic Shock Syndrome has been associated with the spermicide sponge.20 One researcher has noted that couples who have used certain spermicides within a month of conception have experienced a doubling in the rate of birth defects, as well as a doubling of the rate of miscarriage.21

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«People didn't want to give the medication back because of the side effect of having erections that were harder, firmer and lasted longer,» Pfizer senior medical director Dr. Brian Klee told the Agence France - Presse.

Companies like U.S. biotech giant Gilead and the U.K.'s GlaxoSmithKline (the majority stakeholder in global HIV partnership ViiV Healthcare) have developed drugs that drastically lower the chance of HIV infection — or which simply lower the number of drugs you have to take to treat it, consequently curbing the risk of toxic side effects while simplifying medical regimens.

The new offering, «Watson for Patient Safety,» will gobble up anonymized medical records, claims data, and millions of electronic submissions to the FDA about potential drug side effects (known as individual case safety reports) to see if it can learn about the hidden dangers of medicines before they become too costly.

Call your health care provider for medical advice about side effects.

When one accepts that contraception is the summit of scientific and medical prowess, to hypothesize that negative side effects may exist and warrant further study is tantamount to blasphemy.

One study in Brain Behavior and Immunity showed a dramatic 20 percent reduction in anxiety among medical students taking omega - 3, while past research has shown omega - 3 fats work just as well as antidepressants in preventing the signs of depression, but without any of the side effects.

Conventional medical treatments for parasitic infections can result in side effects of seizures and convulsions (1).

Seeing as intermittent fasting is backed by third party National Medical Institutions, there are many endorsements for the system and few negative side effects are reported, and considering that people who have actually tried it have obtained excellent results, we honestly feel this product can be safely recommended.

Hair loss can have other causes too, such as a thyroid condition, a side effect of some medications, or another more serious medical condition.

This was before Mackey had won a single Iditarod, let alone four straight; before he used what he calls his marathon style — catnapping as his sled moves and covering 100 - mile chunks at a moderate pace without prolonged rest, instead of sprinting from rest stop to rest stop like most other racers — to win an unprecedented double (the Yukon Quest, the world's other 1,000 - mile dogsled race, and just weeks later the Iditarod) not once but twice; before he became so dominant that slower competitors complained they had no chance to finish within five days of him (the requirement for an official place and a commemorative belt buckle); and before a rival pushed for drug testing at the 2010 Iditarod, suspecting that Mackey's secret was his prescription for medical marijuana to alleviate the side effects of cancer treatment.

However there are a few drugs which are known for causing extra or spontaneous milk flow (known as galactorrhea) as a side effect of their intended medical use.

There's a Cochrane review about the procedure, it does shorten labour and reduce the need for medical inductions, but there are «side effects» like bleeding, and I almost fainted after the procedure.

In addition to ADHD and the other medical conditions listed above, having trouble with friendships can also be a side effect or sign of depression, a learning disability, stress, or bullying.

«Since some supplements may have side effects, may affect other medical conditions, or may interact with prescription medications, Theralogix nutritional supplements are recommended for use under the supervision of your healthcare provider.»

At this point, your pediatrician can also evaluate your child for other medical conditions that can cause obesity, such as Cushing's syndrome, hypothyroidism, and medication side effects.

So... you opt for herbal remedies of dubious benefit, unreliable potency and unknown but possibly major side effects to «treat» a medical condition with known potentially serious outcomes.

Then there is side effects for the medical treatments we are offered.

Some women who experience severe morning sickness during pregnancy can rely on medical solutions like Zofran and Phenergan — just be prepared for fatigue, which is a common side effect.

Since every medical procedure or technology has side effects and risks, no technology is 100 percent «safe».

While this is one of many common side effects of pregnancy, it may also be indicative of a dangerous medical condition, such as preeclampsia.

Some said that New York should join the 21 other states, as well as Washington, D.C., in allowing medical marijuana for medical conditions that are frequently treated with powerful drugs that have side effects.

Older adults looking to medical cannabis to relieve chronic pain and other ailments are concerned about its side effects, Ware says: «They want to know, Does this cause damage to my brain?

While enriching investors and giving medical centers and health providers a competitive edge, the popularity of treating prostate cancer with protons has had financial side effects, draining government coffers of millions of dollars.

Many other sobering but unconfirmed possible side effects appear in the medical literature, including cognitive decline, cataracts and kidney problems.

Countries communicate more efficiently about common medical problems thanks to her, and researchers know that drugs — and viruses — that appear to have little or no side - effects on pregnant women can be devastating to their developing babies.

That finding suggested Bcl6 inhibiting drugs may have few side effects, says Dr. Melnick, who is also a hematologist - oncologist at NewYork - Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center.

The team also tested the products for cannabidiol, or CBD, another of the active ingredients in cannabis believed to have medical benefit, which may also help reduce the side effects of THC.

Professor Gamper — who is also a visiting professor at Hebei Medical University — believes this discovery could open the door to new drugs that don't have the negative side effects currently associated with stronger painkillers.

While the researchers found evidence supporting the use of medical cannabinoids to be limited, side - effects were both common and consistent.

The challenge, of course, is to somehow meld a bewildering array of data sets: all sorts of historic and current medical records about each person and all sorts of scientific reports on a number of drugs, drug tests, potential side effects and outcomes for other patients.

University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Medical School researchers were studying how certain bacteria influence multicellular development in the unicellular choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta when they observed the unexpected side effect.

A good drug is hard to design: to garner FDA approval and reach consumers, it must not only effectively treat a medical condition, but it must also do so without having side effects that outweigh its benefits.

This surveillance system is built to identify problems, such as side effects of pharmaceuticals and medical therapies, as they emerge.

«The new sofosbuvir therapy offers a much - needed alternative to standard therapy with interferon, which can cause significant side effects for hepatitis C patients,» says the study's lead investigator, Dr. Ira Jacobson, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Patients in the clinical trial who got the combined therapies also had fewer serious adverse side effects than those who received only ipilimumab, the researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The findings «suggest that the benefits of flibanserin are marginal,» given that «one in three women experience side effects, of which the most common ones include dizziness, sleepiness, nausea, and tiredness,» said lead author Dr. Loes Jaspers, of Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The overwhelming medical evidence finds that most vaccine side effects among newborns and young children are mild — swelling, redness and a small, hard lump at the site of the injection — and typically pass within a couple of days.

«No significant safety concerns or dose - dependent adverse side effects of AVI - 7288 were reported with respect to any safety end point evaluated,» said Michael Wong, M.D., senior medical director for infectious diseases at Sarepta.

Many medical issues affect nerves, from injuries in car accidents and side effects of chemotherapy to glaucoma and multiple sclerosis.

Darshak Sanghavi, chief of pediatric cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, notes that although the FDA has approved some statins for use in children with a genetic problem leading to high cholesterol, there are no studies on the drugs» long - term side effects in children.

Neither result on its own was very convincing, so a team of European researchers combined the data, similar to the way medical researchers cull information from independent clinical trials, to look for rare side effects.

Scientists at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona have found a way to separate the medical benefits of cannabis from its unwanted side effects.

A reversal agent works by restoring the drug's access, but most of these agents only work at high doses, which would increase the risk of neurological side effects, says Jane Kelly, a malaria researcher at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon.

«This research is important because it identifies a way to reduce some of what, in medical treatment, are usually thought of as THC's unwanted side effects, while maintaining several important benefits including pain reduction.»

«There has been a great deal of medical interest in understanding the molecular mechanisms at work in THC, so that the beneficial effects can be harnessed without the side - effects.

«Limited data on medical cannabis use in children: Strongest evidence supports use to reduce seizures, side effects of chemotherapy.»

The trials for chemotherapy side effects — 4 of which were randomized controlled trials — found that medical cannabis was significantly better than anti-nausea drugs standard at the time of study for reducing nausea and vomiting.

For chemotherapy side effects, that could be a pediatric oncologist or palliative care specialist; for seizures, that could be a pediatric neurologist, especially at an academic medical center involved in the ongoing clinical trials of medical cannabis for seizure disorders.»

«Scientists separate medical benefits of cannabis from «unwanted» side effects.»