Men who were taking statins to lower their cholesterol had a 10% greater chance of being cured of prostate cancer by radiation therapy 10 years after diagnosis, a new study finds. It's an intriguing and very interesting finding." but...
Side effects from just three drugs are responsible for one-third of all US emergency room visits by senior citizens who had adverse...
Generic drugs cost 30% to 80% less than their brand-name counterparts, but most people feel safe taking them because the FDA requires...
Most doctors warn their patients about the potential dangers of combining medications, but few take the time—and some are not well-informed...
If you're among the millions of Americans taking medication for pain, asthma or allergies, hypertension, high cholesterol or depression, research...
The breast cancer drug tamoxifen helps control the manic phase of bipolar disorder, and it works faster than many standard medications used...
Antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIS), which include citalopram (Celexa), paroxetine (Paxil), fluoxetine (Prozac) and sertraline (Zoloft), can double the...
Variations in two genes may help spur suicidal thinking in individuals taking a commonly prescribed antidepressant, research suggests. Although preliminary, the findings...
A new class of antidepressants was found to cut the time needed to take effect dramatically when they were tested on rats,...
Few people would dispute that the root cause of diabetes often is a high-calorie diet that's loaded with simple sugars...
Avandia, a drug used by millions of diabetes patients, may contribute to bone loss, according to a new study conducted in mice....
In people with type 2 diabetes, the cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate reduces the need for laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy, which is a...