Health

How Purdue’s aggressive sales of a painkiller blew up in its face

Shawdesh desk: In 2002, Andrew Kolodny, a resident in psychiatry, attended a training session on pain treatment in Philadelphia. Seventeen years later, he still shakes his head over the surprising

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Blood pressure pills ‘work better at bedtime’

Shawdesh Desk: To get the best out of your daily blood pressure medication, take it just before you go to bed, say researchers. It’s a simple tip that could save

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Drug companies near global settlement over opioid crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drugmaker blamed for a deadly US opioid epidemic settled a bellwether civil lawsuit with two Ohio counties Monday, opening the

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Get rid of these habits if you want healthy teeth

Shawdesh Desk: More often than not, we fail to give due care and attention to our teeth, that literally give structure to our face and help with the grinding and

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Are you Anaemic? Increase your iron levels by adding these foods

Shawdesh Desk: Have you been feeling a loss of energy, shortness of breath and headache after exercising? Is your skin pale? If you face these kind of symptoms then you might

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Effective treatments for diabetic retinopathy found

Shawdesh desk: In a new advancement in science, researchers have found that an automated artificial intelligence (AI) screening system is capable of accurately discovering diabetic retinopathy 95.5% of the times.

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Foods that will help control your blood pressure

Shawdesh desk: High blood pressure or hypertension is a condition in which the pressure exerted by the blood on the blood vessels exceeds the normal range. These days, hypertension has

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School lunches keep Japanese children topping nutrition lists

Shawdesh Desk: Japan manages a rare feat for a developed country when it comes to feeding its children — high scores for nutrition but very low obesity rates. One major

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