Tag Archives: Medicine

Rural Oregon kids hospitalized in cold medicine ODs – KOIN.com

Cold medicine on the shelves. (Madras Pioneer) Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Cold medicine on the shelves. (Madras Pioneer) MADRAS, Ore. (Madras Pioneer) — Four local youths were hospitalized recently as a result of overdosing on over-the-counter cold medicine and law enforcement… Read More »

Bridging the gap between rescue and medicine

The USCGC Ingham Maritime Museum hosted the very last phase of the two-week Dive Medicine Training Program on Tuesday, which culminated in a practice high-angle rescue mission.The training program, one of four wilderness medicine training components held by the Uniformed Services University of… For the complete article, please pick up a copy of The Citizen… Read More »

The main difference between functional medicine and evidence-based medicine

Alex Lickerman, MD | Physician | November 8, 2018 Figuring out what’s actually true is far harder than most people realize. Our brains are both hypothesis-generating machines and incredibly credulous. As a result, most of the things we believe to be true turn out to be false. We don’t just mistakenly believe that vaccines cause… Read More »

FDA announces recall of another heart medicine for possible cancer risk

The recalled lot will have “Westminster Pharmaceuticals” and “GSMS Inc.” on the label, according to the FDA list. Another heart medicine, valsartan, has also been recalled recently due to contamination. Irbesartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker, or ARB. This is a drug that blocks a potent chemical in the blood called anigiotensin, which causes… Read More »