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Taking a sleep aid at night may prevent your brain from 'cleaning' itself while you're out, new study finds
"More and more people are using sleep medication, and it's really important to know if that's healthy sleep," said lead study author Natalie Hauglund.
I’m a pharmacist — why 'fast-acting' pain-relieving liquid gels are a 'scam'
Pharmacist Grant Harting is calling out so-called “fast-acting” liquid gel pain relievers as a racket — and he’s taking to TikTok to spill the pharmaceutical tea.
Behind the billionaire-backed longevity business — and the innovations that could help us live longer
Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and Peter Thiel can buy whatever they want — even eternal youth?
'Natural Ozempic' capsules may reduce appetite and calorie intake — but they're not available in the US yet
"With the soaring popularity of drugs like Ozempic, the market is ripe for disruption," researcher Rubina Aktar said.
Flu season claims lives of nine children in US as cases surge across the country: CDC
“It’s been increasing at a pretty steady pace now for the past several weeks. So yeah, we are certainly in flu season now."
Sensitive gag reflex? These tricks can make swallowing pills easier
Many Americans have trouble taking pills — some have a fear of choking while others suffer from dry mouth or a hypersensitive gag reflex.
These medications could give you dementia if you take them too often — two are over-the-counter
Dementia is a group of brain disorders that affects nearly 7 million Americans.
1 in 6 people plan to skip their weight-loss drugs over the holidays so they can eat more
"Taking a break from weight-loss medication over the holidays might seem like a small decision, but it can have lasting effects," explained Dr. Catherine Hyatt.
This new 'natural' sleep supplement was designed by an anesthesiologist and ketamine therapy doctor
The sleep aids market — which includes herbal remedies and melatonin products but not prescription sleep medicine — generated more than $5.2 billion in worldwide revenue this year.
'Alarming' rise of late-stage breast cancer is even worse in women under 40, new study finds
The rates of life-threatening breast cancer are spiking among women of all ages, with a significant increase in those under 40. A new study found that cases of metastatic breast...
Pancreatic cancer patient survival doubled with high dose of common vitamin, study finds
High doses of vitamin C could be a new breakthrough in treating cancer.
Trendy vitamin patches offer new way to get your nutrients — but do they actually work?
Transdermal patches — adhesives placed on the skin to deliver medicine — have been around for decades though they haven't been as fashionable.
Cheap Asian supplement known as the 'brain herb' may help delay dementia symptoms
The supplement is sold as liquid extracts, capsules, tablets and as dried leaves for tea.
Second-most commonly prescribed drug for older adults is linked to bone loss
The loss of bone mineral density and bone mass is called osteoporosis, a disease that affects an estimated 10 million Americans 50 and older.
Drug-induced seizures in children double over 15 years: 'Extremely worrying'
The poisonings most often involved over-the-counter antihistamines, prescription antidepressants, and painkillers and illegal synthetic cannabinoids.
Hoping to reach 100? You're not going to like these new life expectancy projections
"Modern medicine is yielding incrementally smaller improvements in longevity even though medical advances are occurring at breakneck speed," study author S. Jay Olshansky said.
Nobel Prize in medicine honors American duo for 'fundamentally important' biological breakthrough
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun.
'Amazing' new lung cancer treatment 40% more effective than standard amid 'golden age' of cancer research
The drug cocktail has already been approved by the FDA.
'One-of-a-kind' new Alzheimer's drug shows promise: 'An exciting development'
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative condition that affects an estimated 7 million Americans.
Can Mucinex help you get pregnant? What the experts say about the viral trend
Perhaps Mucinex's mascot should be a stork?