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An FDA advisory committee overwhelmingly voted in favor of approving esketamine, which is related to the party drug ketamine, as…

The vast majority of people who use medical marijuana do so to treat chronic pain. Researchers examined data on patients…

Fish oil doesn’t help improve uncontrolled asthma in adolescents and young adults who are overweight or obese. Researchers recruited overweight…

Deaths related to the adverse events of medical treatments fell between 1990 and 2016. Researchers examined the causes of death…

Women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer and who face a low risk of suffering adverse events…

The nasal spray vaccine FluMist has proven to be considerably less effective than shots, according to research published in the…

Aurobindo Pharma USA has voluntarily recalled 80 lots of Amlodipine Valsartan, a blood pressure and heart failure medication. Amlodipine Valsartan…

For people who have chronic pain that is not related to cancer, taking opioids don’t provide much more relief than…

A new study is questioning the use of antipsychotics in children and young adults for mental health conditions other than…

Medication errors leading to death most commonly occur as a result of a patient not getting a medicine, in hospitals…