Heartburn, ulcer drugs linked to higher risk of pneumonia
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WASHINGTON  - Medication to reduce heartburn-causing gastric acids has been linked to increased risk for pneumonia, a group of Dutch researchers has concluded.
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People with heart disease who  don&#39;t take their medications as prescribed risk suffering a  heart attack or other heart-related event, a new study shows.
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People who are ill with respiratory or urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.
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People taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) who suddenly stop face an almost 50 percent increased risk for having a heart attack during the first few weeks
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FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Requiring enrollees to get permission before filling prescriptions for proton pump inhibitor (PPI) anti-ulcer drugs enabled the Georgia Medicaid program to cut its prescription drug costs by &#36;20.6 million in a year, says a study in latest issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.
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BUFFALO, NY -- Better oral hygiene, including good regular tooth brushing, may lessen nursing home residents&#39; chances of developing pneumonia, according to a study that traced germs from dental plaque to the lungs of patients with the potentially fatal
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People using acid-suppressing medication to treat indigestion may be at increased risk of pneumonia. New medications that suppress the production of acid in the stomach have revolutionized the treatment of
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Good regular toothbrushing may lessen nursing home residents&#39; chances of developing pneumonia, according to a study which traced germs from dental plaque to the lungs of patients with the potentially fatal illness.
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NEW YORK  - People who smoke or use high  amounts of table salt on their food appear to be at increased  risk for gastroesophageal reflux, a disease in which stomach  juices flow back into the esophagus, European researchers  report. In contrast, tea and alcohol, which have been  identified as culprits in past studies, did not increase the  risk.
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The little purple pill may leave some people at a greater risk of pneumonia. And, it&#39;s not just the little purple pill. These new findings apply to a number of widely used heart burn and ulcer drugs.
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People who are ill with respiratory or  urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or  stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Lung disease is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems, according to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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People taking the blood-thinner warfarin and a COX-2 type of painkiller are at heightened risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, a population-based study indicates.
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Overprescribing antibiotics to patients is associated with high rates of antibiotic resistance in southern and eastern Europe, according to a report from the Netherlands. If the situation is not corrected, "we will lose the miracle drugs of the 20th century," the investigators write in this week's issue of The Lancet.
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NEW YORK  - Compared with ibuprofen, the  use of the lumiracoxib by patients with osteoarthritis is  associated with a lower risk of gastric ulcers. The risk is  similar to that seen with celecoxib (Celebrex), another COX-2  inhibitor.
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Pfizer said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People who use stomach-acid suppressive medications for indigestion or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may be at an increased risk of developing pneumonia, according to a new study published in this week&#39;s issue of The Journal