According to a report recently released by the Institute of Medicine, hypertension (high blood pressure) has become the second leading cause of death for people in the US.
Although hypertension is easily preventable through diet, exercise and drugs, it claims one in six lives in the United States, costing our health care system upwards of [...]

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New studies released today found that many who take the popular diabetes medication metformin find the odor off-putting, and some have trouble taking the medication.
The “fishy” odor is especially noticeable in the immediate release versions.
“Metformin is an excellent drug, but the immediate-release formulation may have an odor to it. The smell is fishy [...]

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According to reports, the axe is coming down all over the pharma world on research and development projects that are not yielding immediate results.
AstraZeneca(Atacand, Crestor), GlaxoSmithKline (Advair, Boniva) and Pfizer (Benadryl, Lipitor) have all already begun to scrap projects, while others like Sanofi-Aventis (Allegra, Plavix) are about to pick up the trend and start [...]

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According to a report from Reuters, taking ginkgo biloba, St. John’s wort and several other widely used herbal medications may impede the potency of prescription drugs, making them more or less effective.
Experts at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that mixing herbs and drugs also may cause serious heart rhythm problems [...]

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