Modern medications are so powerful that they both save lives and endanger them. After age 50, just when people are most likely to take several medications prescribed by multiple health professionals who often don't communicate with each other, they become...
Before cardiac surgery, be sure to ask your doctor not to give you aprotinin (Trasylol), a drug that has been proven to...
Celebrex may lower colon cancer risk. Celebrex is prescribed for pain, particularly arthritis pain, but it has been associated with increased risk...
Ultra-low generic drug prices are on the way, reports consumer advocate Charles Inlander. Walmart has a $4 prescription program that includes many...
In a study of 412 postmenopausal women with low bone-mineral density, those who received injections every three to six months of denosumab,...
Medical researchers have long known that men and women differ in their susceptibility to common diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and...
About 21 million people in the US have impaired glucose tolerance, a prediabetic condition that is diagnosed through blood tests. According to...
Neutropenia—a low level of infection-fighting white blood cells—is a common complication of chemotherapy. New study: More than 1,500 patients...
Adults who received the pneumococcal vaccine were less likely to die from pneumonia when hospitalized for the condition than patients who were...
Evidence continues to indicate that long-term use of inhaled steroids to treat asthma may contribute to the formation of cataracts. Inhaled steroids...
Combining osteoporosis drugs may do more harm than good, according to two studies. The studies sought to prove that combining alendronate and...
A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association examined all drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration...