ATLANTA — The antibiotic clarithromycin prescribed for patients already taking antihypertensive calcium-channel blockers is associated with increases in hospitalization for acute kidney injury, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My doctor put me on Norvasc 10 mg to keep my blood pressure normal. Since Norvasc is a calcium-channel-blocking medicine, can I still take my calcium and vitamin D-3 supplements? I was ...

Voltage-gated calcium channels are of critical importance for nervous system function at the cellular and network levels. Aberrant calcium channel function is associated with a wide range of ...

Taking out the garbage is a crucial step in housecleaning. Similarly, autophagy is the body’s first-line of defense against the buildup up of toxic substances, degrading old organelles and proteins to ...

Substantial progress has been made over the past four decades in treating the symptoms of Parkinson disease, but treatments that slow its inexorable progression have remained tantalizingly out of ...

Towards the end of 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appeared on the scene, and practically shut down the world for the next several months. Since then, a slow and ...

A specific calcium channel plays a crucial role in deep, slow-wave sleep, scientists have discovered. This is a key step toward understanding both normal and abnormal waking brain functions. Sleep ...

Eczemas in the elderly often arise mysteriously and itch furiously. New-onset, otherwise unexplained eczema that cannot be attributed to atopic disease, irritant or allergic contact dermatitis, or ...