How Antidepressants Help Bacteria Resist Antibiotics
A laboratory study unravels ways antidepressants and other nonantibiotic drugs can contribute to drug resistance
A laboratory study unravels ways antidepressants and other nonantibiotic drugs can contribute to drug resistance
Drugs that reduce excess weight linked to chronic health problems have shown striking results in trials and in practice
Current monoclonal antibodies fail against COVID virus variants, so drugmakers want to use a fast-track test for new ones
A hemophilia drug has the potential to save lives. But it cannot treat the most common form of the disease
Eisai and Biogen share clinical trial data confirming that lecanemab slows mental decline amid reports of potentially related deaths
If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill, pharmacists and pharmacies could play an ever increasing role in reproductive health care...
A scientist who has been developing male birth control since the 1970s says safe, reversible and affordable options are possible
A legal battle over nitrogen hypoxia, a new potential method of execution, raises ethical questions
Compounds that marine creatures make to defend themselves could yield lifesaving medicines
The antiviral Tecovirimat (TPOXX) shows promise against monkeypox, but human data and supplies are limited
A smallpox antiviral that’s effective against monkeypox is tied up in red tape, and gay-health advocates are pushing to make it easier to access
People who are unlikely to develop severe COVID-19 have no widely approved medications to ease the illness
The risks associated with hormonal contraception are lower than the risk of pregnancy itself and comparable to those of other over-the-counter drugs
Drugs such as mifepristone and misoprostol end a pregnancy, whereas the “morning-after pill” works by preventing one
The success of vaccines has reduced the pool of people available for studies, among other factors
A global look reveals contamination by antibiotics, antidepressants and other medications
An individual’s health risks, treatment access and local case levels come into play for those who are eligible
The Biden administration’s Test to Treat program aims to make the treatments available at pharmacies, yet it requires a medical provider to prescribe the drugs
Researchers are trying to establish whether existing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments can prevent lasting symptoms
Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer
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