Archive: 19/09/2016

MDs strengthen advice against codeine for kids' coughs, pain

The American Academy of Pediatrics has strengthened its warnings about prescribing codeine for children because of reports of deaths and risks for dangerous side effects including breathing problems.

Sep 19, 2016

Alzheimer's stemmed but not stopped, say experts

Soaring rates of population growth and ageing have long been seen as portending a global explosion of Alzheimer's, the debilitating disease that robs older people of their memory and independence.

Sep 19, 2016

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Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic

For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers' vital role in the lives of millions of Americans, creating an echo ...

Sep 19, 2016

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India's poor fear 'rent-a-womb' industry shut down

At a hostel for dozens of pregnant women, impoverished widow Sharmila Mackwan weighs up her decision to carry twins for another couple—her only ticket out of poverty—as the government moves to close India's multi-million ...

Sep 19, 2016

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