medications

Strategies to treat pain without triggering dangerous side effects such as euphoria and addiction have proven elusive. For decades, scientists have attempted to develop drugs that selectively activate one type of opioid receptor to treat…

Sleep disturbances can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. Many people eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's start experiencing difficulty falling and staying asleep years before cognitive problems such as memory loss and confusion…

The primary source of IBD's adverse impact on the heart is the harm it does to blood vessels' inner liningsChronic gastrointestinal disorder called Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) damages the digestive system's lining and causes…

A patient lost his eyesight and another suffered paralysis.Delhi Police arrested a supplier recently. He was caught selling fake medicines to 16 individuals undergoing cancer treatment. The rampant trade of counterfeit drugs disguised…

It may be better to let a mild fever run its course instead of automatically reaching for medication, new University of Alberta research suggests. Researchers found that untreated moderate fever helped fish clear their bodies of infection…

There’s lingering confusion over whether Health Canada has fully approved the “exceptional importation” of pediatric medicine procured by the government of Alberta. In late 2022, the province announced it found a manufacturer to…

A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in whites. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk. It follows previous work that shows Blacks have a higher likelihood…

The Amazon RxPass subscription programme was made public on January 24, 2023. — AmazonIn the US, Amazon is introducing RxPass, a brand-new drug subscription service available only to Prime subscribers.Users will pay a $5 monthly fee…

Antibiotics crisis strikes Australia with more than 361 medications in short supply across the countryA total of 394 medicines are in low supply in AustraliaChildren's antibiotic liquids are especially scarceOf the 361…

Rudy Chin says in his 27-year-long career, he's never seen shortages of adult cold and flu medications like the one he's seeing now."About two weeks ago it was almost zero," said the Vancouver-based pharmacist. "We literally had nothing on…