One of the things I most love about social media and health research is the opportunity to identify patterns of illness across
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Topamax Revisited
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In September 2015, I published an article called Topamax: The Drug with 9 Lives about the myriad of side effects associated with Topamax. Since
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Common Drugs Trigger Heart Rhythm Irregularities
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According to the Mayo Clinic web site, “More than 50 medications, many of them common, can lengthen the QT interval in otherwise
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The Nightmare of Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
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Over four years ago I became ill with what was later diagnosed as Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD), a rare defect of
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Are women more sensitive to pain? The question has been bandied about for years. Study after study answers affirmatively. Yes, women are
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The second week of November 2016 was disappointing to say the least, but I was hopeful as I walked into the massive,
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I recently became aware of a case of a boy who had died from a myocarditis and subsequent heart failure after he
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In 2013, the FDA updated the warning labels on all fluoroquinolones (Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Floxin and their generic equivalents) to note that
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