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While acetaminophen is often the first medication we reach for when in pain, it might be time to stop and think before taking the next dose.

Indwelling urinary catheters may lead to both infectious and noninfectious complications and are often used in the hospital setting without an appropriate indication.

Quick Links: Skip to main page content Skip to Search Skip to Topics Menu Skip to Section Content Menu Skip to Common Links You can walk into any pharmacy, grocery or convenience store and buy aspirin without a prescription.

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but it's up for debate as to what a daily dose of aspirin can actually do for your heart health.

Horizon Pharma, Inc. today announced that it has modified the DUEXIS Marketing Authorization Application submission to the National Procedure in the United Kingdom to include the recently approved Valeant Pharmaceuticals manufacturing site in Laval, Quebec , which is used as the primary site to manufacture DUEXIS for the United States market.

Many people take painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs when they're in pain, but researchers at McMaster University in Canada found that getting a massage could do the trick.

Slam-dunk your low-dose aspirin in the trash can. Load your plate with French fries, chicken nuggets and other deep-fried disasters.

New research suggests massage acts on the cellular level in the same way as many pain medications.

With apologies to the creators of the Alka-Seltzer commercials from years ago, that's pretty much my sentiment about sparkling wine.

Dear Readers, A few weeks ago newspaper headlines called aspirin therapy into question.

The recent recall of Excedrin, NoDoz, Gas-X and Bufferin has left many without the medicine they typically use to cure their ills.

Gardeners are fond of plants -- that's no secret -- but often for their beauty or taste.

New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians recommend considering individual patients' risk of thrombosis when deciding for or against the use of preventive therapies for deep vein thrombosis and venous thromboembolism .

Bayer and Almirall to co-promote anticoagulant Rivaroxaban in Spain Rivaroxaban an innovative oral anticoagulant developed by Bayer, is a new option for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation recently approved in Europe and the United States Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder and affects more than 6 million ... (more)

AN Advertising Standards Agency direction that a church website must not promote healing prayer has caused concerns in Northern Ireland.

Germany's largest drugmaker, Bayer AG, expects to obtain approval within two years from China to expand the uses for its anti-clotting drug Xarelto to include stroke prevention.

I've called it the glass ceiling. For decades, I have felt its presence. But it hasn't been until recently it's begun to physically hurt, as in headaches.

Drug companies commonly pay doctors to research and represent their wares. This week on Sound Medicine , IU health policy expert Aaron Carroll, M.D., discusses an upcoming law requiring companies to disclose these payments.

Combining clopidogrel with aspirin did not prevent recurrent stroke deep in the brain, and even increased the risk of bleeding and death.

Faith healing comes with a fair share of controversy. For some non-believers, the notion that a higher power would intervene to heal the afflicted it patently absurd.