They come in different ratios, or combinations, of active and inactive ingredients. The combination pill is more than 99 percent effective when taken as intended. The most common type of ...

Oral chemotherapy kills or weakens cancer cells. It comes in the form of a pill, liquid, or tablet that a person swallows or places under the tongue to dissolve. It is not suitable for all stages ...

In 2020, Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Four years later, she and her husband, Ken, halted the treatment.

Drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. Current ...

(AbortionFinder provides an up-to-date guide to the legal landscape.) The abortion pill — really a two-drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol, taken 24 to 48 hours apart — allows people ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for nearly two decades, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including ...

Plan B, also called the morning-after pill, is an emergency contraceptive pill taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. You don't, however, have to wait until the morning after sex to ...

The morning-after pill can protect you from getting pregnant if you take it within five days of unprotected sex. But it's best to take it as soon as you can. (Photo Credit: The Image Bank RF/Getty ...

He helped to turn Pfizer from what was then a chemical company into a medicines company, and he played a major role in making Valium a hugely popular drug in the US. It was the first drug to ...

Sometimes you may need to know how to identify a pill. For example, you might find one on the floor and need to figure out what it is. Or maybe you just picked up your new prescription from the ...

A groundbreaking new study suggests that sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease in people with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can also ...