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Here’s another reason to limit the use of common  painkillers: a higher risk of hearing loss.

For women with an early form of breast cancer, the oral drug tamoxifen can help prevent a recurrence, but the pill also has serious side effects. Could a tamoxifen skin gel, applied directly to the breast, avoid the side effects while still blocking the cancer cells?

Buying dietary supplements online is easy and popular, but using Reumofan, a Mexican product marketed online to relieve arthritis and joint pain, can cause dangerous side effects, including liver injury, internal bleeding, stroke and death, the government warns.

When it comes to choosing one of the newer antidepressants, a study has found they're all basically the same -- except for their side effects.