Drugs Stories
- The first Viagra TV commercial advertising the world's top-selling erectile dysfunction drug to women, and not men, will begin airing Tuesday on shows, including "CSI," "Blue Bloods," and "48 Hours."
- A statement from the American Academy of Neurology said the risk of overdose and addiction outweigh the potential benefits of prescribing painkillers.
- Roche's new breast cancer drug Perjeta has shown "unprecedented" benefits in extending lives. Experts are now getting behind the drug.
- A new drug may soon help people with cancer, who have become anorexic and lost their appetite, regain weight and their craving for food.
- This Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, a time when you can properly dispose your expired, unneeded, or unwanted drugs at one of over 5,200 collection sites across the country.
- Many prescription medications are known to have the unpleasant side effect of causing acne.
- A recent study from Cambridge University has found that Salmonella vaccines containing weakened forms of the bacteria work better than those with only dead fragments.
- Combining exercise with chemotherapy shrunk tumors more than chemotherapy alone, a study found.
- In most cases where a child develops epilepsy following vaccination, the underlying cause is some genetic or structural defect, and not the shot itself.
- With flu season approaching, the CDC reminds us all that everyone over 6 months of age should be getting a flu shot, but this matter is perhaps most pressing for children.
- A single dose of Lexapro, a commonly prescribed SSRI antidepressant, quickly produces dramatic changes in the architecture of the human brain.
- Caffeine can kill you if you have too much. Luckily, there's a calculator to tell you when it's time to stop.