Drugs Stories
A synthetic drug is being mixed into heroin supplies, killing people much faster.
Clarithromycin, an antibiotic commonly prescribed to treat bacterial infections, can increase a patient's risk of dying due to an adverse cardiac event.
A breathing stimulant promises to prevent shortness of breath without reducing pain relief in opioid pain killers.
The owner of a pharmaceutical company in Turkey has been arrested for selling illegal cancer drugs in the U.S., and bringing harm to cancer patients.
Although many people believe peer pressure encourages drug use, a study on young adults finds that their influences are way more subtle.
A new experimental vaccine against chikungunya has extremely promising results, but until it's available, controling mosquito populations are our best defense against contracting the painful virus.
A new study finds mice grow up to be obese when taking antibiotics during early life, which concerns humans more than you think.
According to new research, anti-inflammatory painkillers help to reduce breast cancer recurrence in postmenopausal obese patients by up to 50 percent.
A new FDA-approved insomnia drug helps patients fall asleep faster and reduces the amount of time spent awake during the night.
The drugs commonly taken by shift workers to fall asleep or stay awake are under-researched and in some cases may cause more harm than good.
A new study provides evidence suggesting one possible treatment for Alzheimer’s patients would be to eliminate APOE from their brains completely.
Colorado residents who live in federally subsidized housing are finding out the hard way that federal laws regarding marijuana are quite different from their state’s “Amsterdam of the West” viewpoint.