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A Michigan State University researcher is studying whether the most popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause muscle problems in users.

Elderly and disabled people in Medicare prescription drug plans with the largest enrollments will pay 43% more on average in ...

Professor Vivien Chen, PhD,. Associate Professor Xiao Cheng Wu, MD, PhD and Assistant Professor Edward Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, at LSU health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health contributed five papers to the largest most comprehensive assessment of the burden of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers in the United States to date.

Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements does not reduce breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women, according to data from a randomized, doubled-blind, placebo-controlled trial published online November 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Research into a cancer that is on the rise in the UK is to be presented at the University of Leicester.

As part of the Company's recently announced strategic focus on developing controlled release formulations for clients, OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus" or "the Company") (Euronext: OCTO) announces that it has signed a new drug delivery technology evaluation contract with a US-based biotech company.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) today called for a reduction in the need for NHS top-ups by giving patients better access to medicines.

The Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have expressed concern over proposed changes to the EU's animals Directive. The organisations consider the current proposals would lead to increased bureaucracy and hamper essential research, with few additional animal welfare benefits.

The National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has announced proposals that will enable it to provide its independent advisory bodies with additional advice when they are asked to make recommendations on the use of medicines for treating certain rarer conditions which extend life at the end of life.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The odds of having a premature baby are lowest in Vermont and highest in Mississippi. The March of Dimes mapped the stark state-by-state disparities in what it called a "report card" on prematurity Wednesday - to track progress toward meeting a federal goal of lowering preterm births....