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08/31/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Researchers question results of drug trial as anti-nausea medication, approved for use by pregnant women, appears to be ineffective

“Previously unpublished information” about one of the most commonly prescribed medicine for nausea in pregnancy implies that the drug is actually ineffective. Thousands of pages of documents retrieved from Health Canada about a randomized clinical trial reported in 2010 suggests that pyridoxine-doxylamine was effective in reducing nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. The documents were acquired by researchers from St. Michael’s […]

08/24/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Good to know: Most people are NOT in pain when they die – experts say symptoms ease as death nears

While some people have accepted the inevitability of death, others are afraid of it because death evokes worries about pain and suffering as we go through our final moments. Some even believe that palliative care does little to alleviate this pain and that many die extremely agonizing deaths. But according to a recent study, palliative care […]

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