The antidepressant Prozac may help to curb disease activity in the relapsing remitting form of multiple sclerosis , reveals preliminary research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery ... via Newswise

"If aspirin is truly risk-reducing, it would be a very exciting finding"

A daily aspirin may give women modest protection against the most common type of breast cancer, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

There's just one day left to take advantage of New York City's anti-smoking program, which is giving away free nicotine patches and gum.

The New York City Health Department says 15,000 people so far have enrolled in the program, which ends at midnight Thursday.

People wanting to enroll should call the city's information line at 311.

The health department says Brooklyn has the most enrollees so far, with 28 percent.

The free no-smoking help aids began two weeks ago when the city started a new TV ad campaign with a former smoker named Marie. She told how smoking caused circulation problems that resulted in 20 amputation. Read more

"We are discussing (this) with the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies."

STOCKHOLM - Nordic scientists have launched a trial on a vaccine designed to help smokers kick the world's deadliest habit by depriving them of one of its chief pleasures, the firm that owns ... via Reuters

"The doses we're using now are much, much lower"

No matter when postmenopausal women start hormone replacement therapy , high doses of the treatment increase their risk of stroke, a new study finds. via HealthDay

Regulators ended last week and started this one by rejecting two potential blockbuster cholesterol drugs, leaving three drug makers reeling and Wall Street wondering if tougher approval standards are here. via The Boston Globe

"Sildenafil doesn't get you going without direct stimulation."

Filed under: Headline of the Week > Drugs " Chilean mayor to offer free Viagra to older men " Fiesta time! to read the article accompanying this headline. via PerezHilton.com

"Sildenafil doesn't get you going without direct stimulation."

Filed under: Headline of the Week > Drugs " Chilean mayor to offer free Viagra to older men " Fiesta time! to read the article accompanying this headline. via PerezHilton.com

"The insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones are a relatively new and effective class of oral antidiabetic agents that have gained wide use in clinical conditions characterized by insulin resistance"

A widely used class of diabetes medications appears to be associated with an increased risk for fractures, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine , one of the JAMA/Archives ... via Newswise

"The insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones are a relatively new and effective class of oral antidiabetic agents that have gained wide use in clinical conditions characterized by insulin resistance"

A widely used class of diabetes medications appears to be associated with an increased risk for fractures, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine , one of the JAMA/Archives ... via Newswise