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Finding a drug that stops the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has remained elusive to drugmakers. Does new FDA guidance help…
People’s gut bacteria may cause them to experience life-threatening reactions after taking the chemo drug irinotecan, according to researchers from…
Do you take 4 pills a day? If so, you’re like most Americans. Yet what are we taking all these…
Cutting the Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
Use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing home can be cut significantly by training staff to recognize certain behavior by elderly…
Men who take a drug that accounts for more than one-quarter of all the prescriptions to treat overactive bladder (OAB)…
Be the Boss of Your Medicine
Too many people have no idea when and how to take their meds. That’s not OK. Serious drugs need serious…
How ‘Medical’ Is Marijuana?
A systematic review published in The Journal of the American Medical Association looked at all randomized controlled trials of cannabis…
A new study shows antipsychotic drugs hasten death for dementia patients. In the JAMA Psychiatry journal, researchers report findings from…
Researchers at University of Washington and a nonprofit called Group Health followed 3,434 adults over age 65 for more than…
A new study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, found that in 2008, 12% of women…
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