A four-year-long study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and the inhaled anticholinergic drug, Spiriva, reveals patients are often able to breathe easier when Spiriva is added to a more conventional course of treatment …

Even though the chance of a child, age two to six, suffering a serious adverse event from ingesting one of the many over-the-counter (OTC) pediatric formulations of cough and cold medicines is only about one …

Children in the United States take psychotropic medications at a rate three or more times higher than their counterparts in Europe, according to a multi-national study recently conducted on children in the US, Germany, and …

In 2002, when the US Food and Drug Administraiton (FDA) approved the generic drug, ezetimibe, for its ability to lower cholesterol, the agency did so on the basis of just a few very small clinical …

Two drugs frequently prescribed to diabetics to aggressively lower blood sugar – pioglitazone and rosiglitazone – have been found to increase significantly the risk of developing heart failure. The two medications, which belong to …

The biotechnology research firm, Novavax, announced impressive results in a human trial of the vaccine it is developing for the H5N1, or Indonesian, strain of bird flu discovered in 2005.  This particular strain of bird …

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill has been granted $3 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to undertake a five-year clinical trial of a low-dose contraceptive as treatment for premenstrual …

Questions have arisen over the past several months as to the efficacy and safety of the popular cholesterol-lowering prescription drug, Vytorin, which is a combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin. The US Food and Drug …

Post-menopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) gain quality of life in several areas, according to a British study called WISDOM (Women’s International Study of long Duration Oestrogen after Menopause). Studies in recent …

During 2007, more than 11,000 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer. Another 3,600 women died from it. The recently introduced Gardasil vaccine is expected to reduce the incidence of …