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French Woman to Testify on Decade-long Drug Rape Trauma
A French woman whose husband has admitted to drugging her repeatedly over 10 years so...
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What happens when a $2 million gene therapy is not enough
Baby Ben Kutschke was diagnosed at three months with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare inherited...
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Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
The abortion pill will become available in Japan for the first time after the health...
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Why concerns are rising about drug-resistant Shigella infections
The health community is growing more concerned about Shigella bacteria infections that have shown a...
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Hong Kong bans cannabis derivative, forcing businesses to shut or revamp
Hong Kong on Wednesday (Feb 1) banned cannabidiol (CBD), a derivative of cannabis, as a...
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U.S. approves Alzheimer's drug that modestly slows disease
U.S. health officials on Friday approved a closely watched Alzheimer's drug that's been shown to...
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Chinese take risks on black market drugs as COVID-19 surges
Desperate families searching for critical COVID-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and...
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Exciting step forward in tackling untreatable high blood pressure
People with untreatable high blood pressure may be closer to medicinal help after an “exciting”...
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Popular diabetes drug found to contain potential carcinogen
An impurity called nitrosamine was found in some samples of the drug, which has the...
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Ditch the quick fix: 5 easy ways to replace expensive supplements
Everyone likes a quick fix. It’s why the shelves at your local drugstore are overflowing...
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Doctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19
High-risk COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out...
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First U.S. drug injection center aims to lead way on overdoses
"This site saves lives," reads an inscription on the wall of America's first drug injection...
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Rapid COVID tests not as accurate with Omicron: U.S. regulator
Rapid COVID home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated...
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Moderna could be ready to develop Omicron booster in weeks: CEO
COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna does not expect any problems in developing a booster shot to...
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More turn to abortion pills by mail in U.S., with legality uncertain
Before her daughter’s birth, she spent weeks in bed. Another difficult pregnancy would be worse...
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New class of drug reverses paralysis in mice
U.S. scientists have developed a new form of drug that promotes the regeneration of cells...
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Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19
A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a...
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US FDA advisers back Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children
An expert panel on Tuesday (Oct 26) voted overwhelmingly to recommend the US Food and...
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FDA adds warning of rare reaction risk to J&J COVID vaccine
U.S. regulators have added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links...
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Statin users 50% less inclined to die in medical center from severe COVID-19
Some 40 million persons living in america take statins in reducing their cholesterol levels and...
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'Near impunity' for drug war killings in Philippines, UN report says
Tens of thousands of folks in the Philippines might have been killed in the war...
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Alcohol-related liver disease: New drug targets found
A report combining analysis of patient samples with mice studies has discovered new drug targets...
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U.S. allows use of 1st drug shown to greatly help virus recovery
U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency make use of the first drug that appears to...
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Firm behind experimental Alzheimer's drug makes case for approval
A U.S. pharmaceutical company behind an experimental Alzheimer's drug presented new results on Thursday, seeking...
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Drug companies reach settlement ahead of landmark US opioids trial
Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drug manufacturer blamed for a deadly US...