Pain relief may be mind over matter. According to new research, just the belief that a pill will relieve pain can cause the release of endorphins, the brain's natural pain-fighting chemicals. This finding is the first direct evidence that endorphins...
A drug long used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appears to have done patients no good and may even have done...
Everyone knows that stress can contribute to weight gain, diabetes and many other ailments, but few people realize just how harmful stress...
New research suggests that unexpected adverse events related to anesthesia are more likely to occur when surgery starts in the late afternoon...
Could a widely used treatment for depression be a remedy for osteoporosis? Researchers have discovered that the drug fluoxetine (Prozac) also increases...
Worried about jet lag? Researchers think they might have just the ticket to perk you up: Viagra. While it's too...
An epilepsy drug with a new method of action is safe and effective, according to a new study Retigabine works by opening...
A dose of the prescription sleep aid Ambien had the opposite effect on one French woman, awakening her from a two-year coma....
Although well-known medicines can curb a dangerous cardiovascular condition called atherothrombosis, at least 20% of people who could benefit from the drugs...
Almost 80% of children hospitalized in the United States are given drugs that have been approved only for adult patients, a new...
Many multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the United States are not taking or being prescribed immunomodulatory agents (IMA) to treat the disease,...
The Neupro patch (rotigotine transdermal system) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the first skin patch...