Extended use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a popular type of heartburn drug, dramatically increases the risk of death. This was the conclusion of a team of researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine after analyzing medical data of some 300,000 people.

Researchers from the University of Vermont found magnesium eases depression without causing serious side effects. Some 61% of the study’s participants would use the supplements again.

Chemotherapy could allow cancer to spread, and trigger more aggressive tumours, a new study suggests. Researchers in the US studied the impact of drugs on patients with breast cancer and found medication increases the chance of cancer cells migrating to other parts of the body, where they are almost always lethal.

Unless you live in the party scene, or live an edgy lifestyle, you’ve probably never heard about ketamine. Scores of people had never heard the word until Bloomberg broke the story in June, revealing that ketamine had shown up in Sanderson Farms’ so-called “100 percent natural” chicken, arguably the most popular meat in America.

A team of Yale researchers analyzed data on new drugs approved between 2001 and 2010, with follow up through 2017 and found 32 percent of all new drugs were flagged for a safety issue after approval.

Canadian researchers who aim to prevent harm caused by antitbiotic overuse to protect public health found that nearly half of the Canadian seniors who go to a family doctor leave with a prescription for an unnecessary antibiotic, reported CBC News.