Popular Antibiotic May Be Responsible For Sudden Cardiac Death

Lawrence LeBlond for RedOrbit.com Azithromycin, a common antibiotic used for treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), appears to also boost the risk of sudden cardiac death when compared with no antibiotic treatment, according to a US study on Wednesday. Azithromycin has been available worldwide since the 1980s, but the new study, published in the New England ...

Acupuncture May Be Worth a Shot for COPD

Acupuncture may allow people with the lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) to breathe a little bit easier.

Emphysema (COPD)

MANILA, Philippines --- EMPHYSEMA is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caused by loss of elasticity and dilatation of the lung tissue. In emphysema the lungs become less and less efficient because of progressive damage to the millions of alveoli, or air sacs, at the ends of the bronchioles in the lungs. Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange takes place in the walls of the ...

HEALTH: Prepare your body for winter

The weather has definitely turned cold as we reach the tail-end of autumn and fast approaching winter.

Woman with rare syndrome regains health, helps others

After Molly Macaire Forsythe gave birth four years ago to her third child, she began to feel tired, sick and not herself. Doctors told her not to worry. They told the Western Spring’s resident she was just a tired mother, a woman stressed out and in need of a good night’s sleep. But deep down, Forsythe knew there was something wrong with her. Unsatisfied with the diagnoses she received, Forsythe ...