A top physician warns that mixing a common black candy with specific heart drugs can lead to life-threatening complications ...

A doctor has warned that certain people might need to give up their favourite kind of sweet if they have been told to take a ...

One product he highlighted was black liquorice - a popular and classic sweet made from the naturally occurring liquorice plant. The healthcare expert warned that people prescribed glycosides, such as ...

One item highlighted was black liquorice - a common and popular sweet made from the naturally-grown liquorice root. The medic ...

ABSTRACT: Traditional medicine practitioners in Eastern Nigeria use various parts of Chrysophyllum albidum in management and treatment of several disorders, including liver and pancreatic ones. This ...

A colorful garden display full of pink, white, blue, and red blooms with lush, green foliage. - Tatiana Terekhina/Getty Images Gardeners, beware: There's an eye-catching tubular flower that's as toxic ...

The special problem posed by digitoxin and some of the other purified glycosides should not be interpreted as indicating a difference in basic action of this drug. All digitalis preparations have ...

THE ascendancy of digitalis intoxication in recent years has made this problem and its recognition an ever important clinical consideration in every patient receiving the drug. Much of this increase ...

Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization among older adults. Digoxin has been shown to reduce hospitalization due to worsening HF. However, at the commonly prescribed dose of 0.25 mg ...

Objective: To characterize changes in rates of hospitalization for digoxin toxicity and trends in the associated mortality and readmission among older adults over a 12-year period in the United States ...