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More U.S. adults are taking prescription medications than ever before, a study finds. Some adults are taking five or more drugs, with obesity seen as major factor in the increased number of Americans on prescribed medica...

Tumor DNA found in the bloodstream of cancer patients can help doctors track diseases in real time, a new study revealed. A liquid biopsy is more effective and non-invasive, unlike its surgical counterpart.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline's first anti-asthma drug that inhibits interleukin-5. Nucala has shown significant reduction in asthma attacks among patients in their clinical trial.

Two-thirds of anti-vax websites present information presented as scientific evidence that is not backed up by research, a study found. When some sites cited published studies, the findings were often misrepresented or mi...

An international team of researchers has traced cases of scarlet disease outbreaks in parts of the United Kingdom and Asia in the past five years. The illness, which is known to mostly affect children between the ages of...

Aging entails multiple bodily changes, one of them being decreased tolerance to alcohol. Experts explain why hangovers become worse as people grow older.

The drug abiraterone is a powerful drug for shrinking tumors and addressing advanced prostate cancer, but it does not work for all men. Scientists found a bood test to see who will benefit from this prostate cancer treat...

CDC researchers looked into the case of a man from Colombia with HIV who recently died due to a rare cancerous disease. The disease was found to be caused by a tapeworm infection and not human cancer cells.

Food poisoning incidents at several Chipotle restaurants in the greater Seattle and Portland area are expected to drive customers away from the Mexican fast food chain. Analysts say the food company could suffer a depres...

The senate committee probed on four pharmaceutical companies to check on medication cost hikes. The action is needed as some cost surges look more than just overcharging.

With such great physique, some footballers suffer from bad teeth. New research found poor dental health including gum disease and dental cavities affect performance of football players.

Researchers from Roche-Genentech have found an antibiotic-antibody conjugate that could effectively combat MRSA infections. The technique is similar to treatments using chemotherapy drugs, experts said.

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