Chocolate is toxic to dogs and a number of other animals because it contains alkaloid chemicals called methylxanthines - namely, theobromine (3,7-dimethylxanthine) and caffeine ...

To determine if apneic preterm infants currently treated with methylxanthines develop evidence of sleep deprivation from cumulative arousal and motor activational effects. Duration of methylxanthine ...

Studies in adult animal and human subjects have suggested that the methylxanthine drugs can delay the onset or attenuate the severity of diaphragmatic fatigue. We have investigated the effect of ...

Methylxanthines reduce the frequency of apnea of prematurity and the need for mechanical ventilation during the first seven days of therapy. It is uncertain whether methylxanthines have other short- ...

A small dog should be belly-up after eating a handful of holiday chocolates, at least according to pet owners' conventional wisdom. But watching Moose, a friend's five-pound Chihuahua, race around the ...

A small dog should be belly-up after eating a handful M&M's, at least according to conventional wisdom. But watching "Moose," a friend's five-pound Chihuahua, race around a living room after his sweet ...

An asthma medicine widely used around the world to stop children's coughs has no provable benefit for that purpose and may cause harm, a new review of existing studies reports. The class of drugs ...