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April 12, 2016

Daily aspirin is most beneficial in your 50s, panel says

People in their 50s or 60s may benefit from taking aspirin daily, but those who start during their 50s get the most benefit from its use in preventing a heart attack, stroke and colon cancer, according to new recommendations from a government-appointed panel of independent experts.

April 11, 2016

Drug makers took big price increases on widely used US drugs

Major drug companies took hefty price increases in the U.S., in some cases more than doubling listed charges, for widely used medications over the past five years, a Reuters analysis of proprietary data found.

April 7, 2016

6 things that can trigger a seizure even if you don't have epilepsy

Harrison Ford has played a hero in the movies, but in real life, he gives that distinction to his 26-year-old daughter, Georgia.

April 6, 2016

Many Americans say higher prices don't mean better health care

Price is often tied to quality, but many in a U.S. survey said that's not always the case for medical services.

April 5, 2016

Study finds risks for teens whose moms took certain antidepressants

Adolescents whose mothers took certain antidepressants while pregnant with them are more than four times as likely to become depressed by age 15, compared with children whose mothers had psychiatric disorders but didn鈥檛 take the medication during pregnancy, according to a large new study.

April 5, 2016

Should you take Tamiflu? Here's what to know

At the first signs of the flu (fever, chest pain, body chills) you might spend a good hour or two consulting with Dr. Google about what drugs could help.

April 4, 2016

Statin, blood pressure drug slash health risk in those with hypertension

Patients with high blood pressure and moderate risk of heart disease slashed their long-term risk of heart attack and stroke 40 percent by taking a blood pressure medication as well as a statin cholesterol fighter, according to a large global study that could change medical practice.

April 4, 2016

New cholesterol methods needed in wake of failed drugs, heart researchers say

New ways of controlling cholesterol, including possibly directly injecting "good" HDL cholesterol into patients, need to be studied following the failure of promising treatments from Eli Lilly, Pfizer Inc and Roche Holding AG, according to top heart researchers.

April 1, 2016

Drug shortages prompt question: Are some medicines too cheap?

Philip Aubrey buys medicines for British government-funded hospitals across London, capital of the world's fifth-largest economy, but last year he struggled to secure supplies of a basic AIDS drug.

March 31, 2016

Long-term antibiotic therapy ineffective for persistent Lyme symptoms

Twelve weeks of antibiotic therapy proved ineffective at combating the long-term symptoms seen in some people who have had Lyme disease, a new test of 280 sufferers found.