Breakthrough in combating the side effects of quinine
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 09:49
in Health & Medicine
Discovered back in the 1600s quinine was the first effective treatment in the fight against malaria - and it continues to be a commonly used treatment against this devastating disease. But the drug is associated with a long list of side effects which can range from sickness and headaches to blindness, deafness and in rare cases death - and until now no one knew why...