Pharmaceuticals

The “divine sage,” Salvia divinorum, is a promising new scientific tool

From its source to its treatment, here are some of the most important things to know about the disease and the current outbreak

An expert weighs in on what the promising study results will mean for future outbreaks

Why are some doctors so stingy with antibiotics? House Call Doctor reveals the dangers of antibiotic overuse. Plus - the reason why it's so hard to get a prescription for antibiotics over the phone

Two of the most anticipated new heart drugs to be launched in recent years have been priced well above analyst expectations, fuelling the debate about whether modern medicines cost too much

With its pending eradication in Nigeria, endemic polio will be found in only two other countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Findings contradict prevailing view that bacteria become less “fit” when they acquire resistance to drugs

Congress members from both sides of the aisle are calling for a national strategy to confront the dementia “tsunami” but let’s be real about what to expect

After a string of failed trials, drugs that target protein build-up in the brain appear to slow disease progress

Pharma companies—and maybe, eventually, the Supreme Court—will ensure that it only becomes harder to execute people with drugs in America

Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013, fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers

The ethical threat posed by Adderall and other drugs that improve motivation