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Health Concerns 

Antipsychotic Drugs Double Risk Of Pneumonia

August 27, 2010 RSB Staff antipsychotic, citizens, contract, Dementia, die, drugs, elderly, evidence, heart attacks, medical, monitor, Netherlands, pneumonia, psychological disorders, records, risk, schizophrenia, senior, stroke, treatment

Senior citizens who take antipsychotic drugs are twice as likely to contract pneumonia as seniors who do not take the

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Natural Remedies 

Fish Oil Helps Teenage Boys Fight Depression

August 25, 2010 RSB Staff andrew stoll, benefits, brain, charles barber, depression, DHA, dietary practice, epa, fish, Fish Oil, General Psychiatry, kentaro murakami, medication, mental health, reduced risk, treatment

Japanese researchers have discovered yet another benefit to fish oil — treatment for depression. According to a study out of

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Health Concerns 

Equivocal Message on Duloxetine for Pain from Panel

August 24, 2010 RSB Staff anesthetic, antidepressant, back pain, Cymbalta, daniel clauw, duloxetine, Eli Lilly, fda, food and drug administration, hepatoxicity, jack rosenberg, jeffery kirsch, john markman, life support, muscoskeletal pain, NSAID, osteoarthritis, rajdeep gill, thomas boyer, treatment

An FDA advisory committee has voted narrowly — 8 to 6 — to recommend that the agency expand the indication

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Health Concerns 

Traditional Chinese Medicine Could Boost Cancer Treatment

August 20, 2010August 20, 2010 RSB Staff boost, cancer, cancerous, cells, Chemotherapy, chinese, digestive tract, Huang Qin Tang, inflammation, Intestines, kills, lining, medicine, peonies, skullcap, toxic, traditional, treatment, tumours, Yale University

Known as Huang Qin Tang, the mix of plant extracts, roots and fruit has been used for hundreds of years

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Government and Media Health Concerns 

Mainstream Media Slants Cancer Articles Towards Unrealistic Outcomes

July 30, 2010July 30, 2010 RSB Staff adverse effects, cancer, disease, Hospice care, medical care, palliative, treatment, treatments

“Very few news reports about cancer discuss death and dying, and even those that do generally do not mention palliative

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Health Concerns 

Gov’t says abuse of prescription meds skyrocketing

July 16, 2010 RSB Staff abuse, drug, drug control policy, Education, employment level, ethnicity, gender, Gil Kerlikowske, Government and Media, illicit, medication, prescription, problem, Race, study, substance abuse, treatment

A new government study finds a 400 percent increase in the number of people admitted to treatment for abusing prescription

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Health Concerns 

Prostate Cancer Treatment Increase Risk Of Blood Clots By 250%

July 7, 2010 RSB Staff AACR, blood clots, disease, DVT, healthy foods, patients, prostate cancer, The Lancet Oncology, treatment

A recent study published in The Lancet Oncology has found that men with prostate cancer are twice as likely as

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Health Concerns 

Patient Waits 24 Hours In Waiting Room, Dies Over Blood Clot

June 15, 2010 RSB Staff corporation, esmin green, federal investigation, federal supervision, ignore, KCHC, monitor, record tampering, safety hazard, supervise, treatment, wrongdoing

A New York City hospital where a Jamaican immigrant died from a blood clot after waiting nearly 24 hours to

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