MedHeadlines – Cholesterol-lowering statins seem to keep breast cancer at bay in some patients. Now researchers reporting in the January 20th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, provide clues about …

(MedHeadlines) – A large, long-term study confirms that medications with anticholinergic activity, which include many drugs frequently taken by older adults, cause cognitive impairment. The research is also the first to identify a possible link …

Empty American pockets don’t contain the money needed to buy prescription drugs as lavishly as in recent years, a cold and hard fact that meant prescription drug sales slowed to a crawl in 2008.  The …

The current issue of the Annals of Oncology carries the story of a cancer patient from Singapore who met with detention as a suspected security risk when he arrived at an airport in the United …

Two deaths in Delaware are linked to the premixed intravenous (IV) bags of heparin administered to them in recent days.  A third patient suffered adverse effects, too, but has survived the ordeal, according to Erin …

The mere mention of the word Botox brings to mind fixed expressions on fading celebrity faces but not everyone who uses the cosmetic injections go to those extremes.  When used with discretion, Botox does an …

Almost 2% of all prescriptions filled in the United States are for drugs that never got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Fourteen of these unapproved drugs are for narcotic painkillers that …

The American public relies on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure nothing but the safest drugs are prescribed but the FDA relies on medical research scientists to provide the background data in …

In a precedent-setting ruling, the US Supreme Court sided with the victim in a case of bodily injury caused by unlabeled side effects against the drug’s manufacturer.  The drug maker, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, of Madison, New …

It’s been 40 years since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug for treating gout but the new drug, Uloric (febuxostat), has just passed the test, according to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, maker …