By Jancee Dunn I recently visited my parents, and I was ransacking their kitchen for snacks when I noticed something: Their medications were in a cabinet near their oven. “Keeping your meds ...

That has meant turning from tracking infections to tracking illicit and high-risk drug use. Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter ...

The global drug trade exhibits striking regional differences, with varying drug preferences across different parts of the world. However, a common thread unites these regions: The pervasive rise ...

If lifestyle changes alone don’t allow you to meet your blood sugar and A1C goals, your doctor may prescribe medication. Here are some factors you and your doctor may consider when deciding ...

There are some medications you shouldn't mix with magnesium to avoid potential side effects or interactions. Magnesium can interact with certain antibiotics, including tetracyclines such as ...

Most people believe that smoking major drugs like heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, or cocaine is much safer than injecting the drug. After all, there are serious risks of major skin abscesses ...

After a lull of nearly 2 decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved some novel drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease since 2021. Most of these drugs are antibody ...

A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.

Read on to learn more about medication that may help. The changes in these chemicals may cause the involuntary movement that’s typical of restless legs syndrome. Certain drugs can help treat the ...

A type of drug developed for treating cancer holds promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, according to a recent study. A type of drug developed for treating ...

These were some of the firsthand accounts shared in a small survey of people who belonged to an unusual cohort: They had all undergone a near-death experience and tried psychedelic drugs.

The annual number of drug overdose deaths in Australia has almost doubled over the past 20 years, according to a new report. Of the 2,356 overdose deaths in 2022, the vast majority were ...