Twenty dangerous opioids and drugs will be banned in a new crackdown announced by the Home Office. Currently possession of Class A drugs carries a sentence of up to seven years imprisonment, while ...

People who use drugs with anticholinergic effects, including certain antidepressants, drugs for urinary incontinence and common antihistamines, are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. The aim of this ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Jihye Han of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University on her recent paper that takes a closer look at the regulatory treatments for ...

The constant evolution of new COVID-19 variants makes it critical for clinicians to have multiple therapies in their arsenal for treating drug-resistant infections. Researchers have now discovered ...

Researchers looked specifically at head-to-head randomized clinical trials of next-in-class cancer drugs against existing agents in the same class. Less than one-quarter of next-in-class cancer drugs ...

The FDA’s recent complete response letter (CRL) for vadadustat — an oral therapy evaluated for the treatment of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) — was a big surprise and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nitazenes, like this powder sample, are a class of synthetic opioids more potent than morphine and fentanyl. Joe Lamberti/The ...