
Southern States Have the Highest Painkiller Prescription Rates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the urgent need for changes in prescription practices in a new report

Southern States Have the Highest Painkiller Prescription Rates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the urgent need for changes in prescription practices in a new report

Multiple Methods Enable Doctors to Treat Dizziness
Exercises, surgeries and pharmacological interventions can aid vertigo sufferers


Therapy: This Time It's Personal
Tailoring cancer treatment to individual and evolving tumours is the way of the future, but scientists are still hashing out the details

Clinical Trials: More Trials, Fewer Tribulations
Clinical studies that group patients according to their molecular profile can make for better and faster drug approval decisions

New Drug Targets Promise to Treat Jet Lag
Molecular clues may reveal how to instantly reset the brain's clock

The Next Generation of HIV Prevention
New drugs for women are passing through key trials

New Neurons In the Brain Keep Anxiety at Bay
The adult brain generates neurons every day. These cells help us to distinguish one memory from another—a finding that could lead to novel treatments for anxiety disorders

Psychotropic Drugs Affect Men and Women Differently
Prescription painkillers, antidepressants and other brain drugs have gender-specific effects

Common Prescription Drugs Alter Blood’s Flow
Medicines can get the blood going, but some side effects remain unclear

New Cystic Fibrosis Medication a Triumph of Drug Discovery
Getting a drug from conception to market is among the riskiest, hardest and most expensive of scientific and human endeavors, often requiring up to ten years of effort and anywhere between 1 and 5 billion dollars.

Health Impact of Vitamin Pills Remains Uncertain in Developed World
After decades of study, the evidence for whether supplements actually improve health remains polarized and incomplete

One Fifth of U.K. Kids with Persistent Coughs May Have Pertussis
A booster vaccination may be warranted for adolescents in England to help diminish the spread of this highly contagious respiratory disease