MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS.

MEDICAL innovations; IBUPROFEN; PROSTATE cancer treatment; DRUG side effects; BLOOD cholesterol; THERAPEUTICS

Reports on medical breakthroughs as of August 1, 2000. Study on the effects of ibuprofen on the side effects of the drug interferon beta-1b used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) patients; Benefits of high doses of radiation on prostrate cancer; Importance of notifying doctors of side effects from medications; Benefits of combining the drugs gemfibrozil and nicotinic acid to treat cholesterol; Others.