October 28, 2015 Use of sleeping pills highest among older Americans, CDC says Older U.S. adults, particularly women, are more likely to use prescription sleep medications to try to get the minimum seven hours of sleep experts generally recommend, U.S. data released on Thursday showed.
October 28, 2015 One-third of American mix supplements with meds, study says One in three adults in the U.S. is taking both prescription medications and dietary supplements, creating a risk for dangerous interactions, according to a new study.
October 28, 2015 Which medications are safe during pregnancy? If you’re pregnant or planning to be, you could easily be confused about which medications are safe to take during this time.
October 28, 2015 Pufferfish pain relief? Doctors use fish’s neurotoxin to improve lives of cancer patients Researchers at at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey are leading a phase II clinical trial, hoping to harness the effects of Tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin found in pufferfish. They hope to utilize the poison in new medications aimed at treating chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.
October 28, 2015 Though effective, medications for alcoholism widely underused by patients Though two types of medications have been shown to be effective for treating alcohol use disorders (AUD), few doctors are prescribing these drugs for patients, new research suggests.
October 28, 2015 Doctors in many hospitals prescribe too many antibiotics, study says A new study suggests that doctors in many hospitals are unnecessarily prescribing multiple antibiotics for several days when just one would do the job.
October 28, 2015 Parkinson's drugs linked to sex and gambling addictions Pathological gambling, hypersexuality and compulsive shopping are some of the abnormal behaviors that are linked to the use of certain drugs commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease, according to a new study
October 28, 2015 FDA approves new drug to fight prostate cancer German drugmaker Bayer and its development partner Algeta won approval from U.S. regulators for a prostate cancer drug that could eventually generate more than 1 billion euros ($1.31 billion) in annual sales.
October 28, 2015 Oral contraceptives linked to increased risk of multiple sclerosis In a new study, researchers found an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) among women who have taken oral contraceptives. However, the findings do not mean women should stop using birth control, the researchers say.
October 28, 2015 How much does it cost to develop a new drug? Latest study says $2.6 billion How much does it cost to develop a drug and win FDA marketing approval?
