Pharmaceuticals

When refilled prescriptions for post–heart attack care resulted in the same medication looking different in shape or color, patients were significantly more likely to stop taking their meds. Dina Fine Maron reports

 

A commonly used blood thinner does not appear to lower the risk of blood clots or miscarriage during pregnancy

Innovative and existing methods are needed to tackle global overpopulation, experts say

CDC officials say doctors clearly miss opportunities to vaccinate teens at the same time that other standard immunizations are administered

Patients' virus levels became undetectable after a bone-marrow therapy with stem cells

The research community mourns the killing of Joep Lange, who was among the passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine

In 2010, the National Institutes of Health held a conference to determine what measures, including behavioral steps like exercise and diet, could be taken to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.

Experts say a $15-million trial to explore stem cells from cord blood for treating autism is premature

As antibiotic resistance increases the search for new anti-bacterial treatments becomes more and more important. One way to design anti-bacterials is to find specific biochemical pathways that the bacteria require to survive, and develop drugs that block off these pathways.

A global immunization campaign in the mid-20th century eradicated the smallpox virus, one of the deadliest diseases in history

Firms are fighting with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Supreme Court for the right to patent natural products and processes

Can excellent scientists be excellent physicians at the same time? "I would like to ask you about a trip to Thailand." This is not the kind of question I expected from a patient in my cardiology clinic at the Veterans Administration hospital in Indianapolis.