34 results

• Xanax, Valium Linked To Pneumonia Risk Among Those With Alzheimer’s: Study

  April 12, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study warn that the use of sedatives like Xanax could increase the risk of pneumonia for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

• Link Between Pneumonia and Nexium, Other PPI Drugs Likely Due To Other Factors: Study

  December 6, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Increases in the risk of pneumonia that have been linked to the use of popular heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may be due to other factors, and not the side effects of the drugs themselves, according to the findings of a new study.

• Study Finds Large Variations in Knee, Hip Replacement Complication Rates

  May 21, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  There is a wide variation in the rate of complications when it comes to knee and hip replacement surgeries depending on what hospital performs the operation, according to a new study.

• Tecfidera Side Effects Were Not Responsible for MS Patient Death: Doctor

  October 8, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman's doctor says that Biogen's new MS drug Tecfidera was not to blame for her death due to pneumonia.