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An experimental drug that boosts the body’s ability to exercise may one day help people recover from heart failure, researchers… »   

A new drug that blocks cancer’s main source of growth has been created in the lab and proven effective in… »   

More than 90 percent of Americans age 65 and older have prescription drug coverage today, compared to 76 percent who… »   

Long-term use of prescription-grade chondroitin sulfate for treatment of knee arthritis reduces pain and slows joint narrowing, investigators report… »   

U.S. makers of opioid painkillers will have to take stronger measures to prevent misuse and abuse of the addictive prescription… »   

The head of Britain’s narcotics advisory board has apologised after saying the drug ecstasy was less dangerous than horse riding,… »   

Dr. Daniel Carlat knows all too well how easy it is for doctors to be seduced by drug industry… »   

A topical eye emulsion consisting of cyclosporine (a medication used to reduce transplant rejections or to treat arthritis and psoriasis)… »   

Postmenopausal women who take multivitamins appear to have the same risk of most common cancers, cardiovascular disease or dying… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to give pharmaceutical companies new guidelines on how to make potential side effects… »