(McKnight’s) – Government investigators are calling for greater scrutiny of antipsychotics use among dementia patients in post-acute settings beyond nursing homes. Nearly a third of...
(BBC) – All of the types of medication in question are drugs that have an “anticholinergic” effect. Experts say people should not panic or stop...
(Reuters) – China will allow online sales of prescription drugs as early as this month, a policy that will open up an over 1 trillion yuan ($161 billion) market...
(Forbes) – Teixobactin is the first new class of antibiotic announced in decades. That news and even more importantly, the elegant way it was discovered,...
(Bloomberg) – Novartis AG applied for U.S. regulatory approval for two drugs to treat smoker’s cough that analysts estimate could generate an additional $1.4 billion in annual...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug for five years in middle age can lower heart and death risks for...
WASHINGTON – The number of senior citizens getting narcotic painkillers and anti-anxiety medications under Medicare’s prescription drug program is climbing sharply, and those older patients...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A proposed rule change for generic drug labels, crafted by the Food and Drug Administration, could...
(CBS News) – A new review finds that several drugs can help curb the desire to drink alcohol, but the researchers note that these medications...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, while drug dealers...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than a dozen companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus...
[New York Times] She was a 32-year-old aerobics instructor from a Dallas suburb — healthy, college educated, with two young children. Nothing out of the ordinary,...
