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FDA green-lighted a powerful painkiller developed by Purdue Pharma for patients with chronic pain. Unlike other oxycodone-based drug, Targiniq ER is built to deter abuse.

Study reveals that only a small portion of the DNA is actually useful, tags everything else as junk but not a burden to the body.

Coffee and other caffeinated beverages can be a good thing as menopause comes on, but not such a good thing once a woman is menopause. Studies strongly suggest a good diet and exercise to stem menopause symptoms.

Study finds pelvic floor disorders, abnormal bone density, irregular menstruation and problematic eating habits are common among female triathletes.

Uncontacted people in Peru met modern civilization in Brazil for the first time and promptly caught the flu. Without immunity to the disease, it could be deadly.

Based on two new studies, the compounds found in the Vertex drug counteract each other and diminish the benefits of the drug.

Despite availability of HPV vaccines, less than half of adolescent girls got vaccinated against the virus that could cause genital warts and certain forms of cancer.

Danny Nickerson, a boy suffering from brain tumor, received thousands of greeting cards and packages from well-wishers all over the world who wanted to make him feel very special on his 6th birthday.

(University of Oxford) Oxford University scientists have shown that a powerful drug given at the time of a kidney transplant operation not only halves the early risk of rejection, but that it also allows a less toxic reg...

(University of Manchester) Scientists from The University of Manchester have discovered why medication to treat asthma and pneumonia can become ineffective. Findings, published in Nature Medicine, show that drugs widely ...

(University of Leeds) Giving parents access to a website containing information about the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is the most cost-effective way of increasing its uptake, new University of Leeds research has f...

(Duke University) Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi can evade treatment by acquiring mutations in the genes targeted by antibiotics or antifungal drugs. These permanent mutations were once thought to be the only way...

(University of Plymouth) A new link has been identified between obesity in childhood and the lowering of the age of puberty.

(The Lancet) The first systematic analysis of hepatitis E virus transmission by blood components indicates that about 1 in 3000 donors in England have hepatitis E in their plasma. The findings, published in The Lancet, s...

(The Lancet) Two new pill-only antiviral drug regimens could provide shorter, more effective treatment options with fewer side effects for the majority of patients infected with hepatitis C, even those most difficult to ...