Author: Erin Elizabeth

A recent analysis, the largest to date, has found that antidepressants can raise the risk of suicide. The analysis looked at 70 trials of the most common antidepressants and involved more than 18,000 people. What they found was that the drug doubled the risk of suicide and aggressive behaviour in those under 18s. The review was carried out by the Nordic Cochrane Centre and analysed by University College London who endorsed the findings in an editorial in the British Medical Journal. The drugs reviewed were duloxetine, fluoxetine (also known as Prozac), paroxetine, sertraline and venlafaxine which belong to two classes,...

For some people, spring and summer mean clogged sinuses due to allergies. For others, who seem to get a cold every winter, their sinuses are so stopped up they can’t breath, can’t smell, and they get that tell tale voice change. You get the picture. In those moments, finding relief from clogged sinuses is the only thing that matters! There are many reasons for nasal congestion (including not even being sick): allergies, temperatures, dust, smoking, spicy food, and air particles or the common cold.So, if you find yourself with clogged sinuses and you don’t want to simply take some medication,...

Many things are ok, in moderation, and alcohol is no different. However, depending on what’s going on in your body, or the amount you consume, it may actually be terrible for you. Because alcohol is a depressant it can impact both mental and physical health. While having a drink after a long day can be relaxing and alcohol has also shown to have some preventative properties, it also has some dangerous effects: There are numerous studies showing the correlation between alcohol consumption and cancer development, linking moderate to regular alcohol consumption to the following types of cancer: head and neck...

In December 2015, 31-year-old Ella Clarke, from Devon, England, was about to have her eighth child — a baby girl. Because she had a condition called placenta previa, also known as a low-lying placenta, she had to undergo a c-section. However, given that she had already had six c-sections, she wasn’t concerned. She was put to sleep for her scheduled c-section and awoke six days later to find that both of her legs had been amputated below the knee. About 30 minutes into her c-section, the placenta- which had embedded itself too deeply into her uterine wall (known as placenta...