Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is when the lungs become scarred, and breathing becomes increasingly difficult. Damage to ...

The global drug trade exhibits striking regional differences, with varying drug preferences across different parts of the world. However, a common thread unites these regions: The pervasive rise ...

Police and public health leaders have warned it has "never been" more dangerous to take drugs thanks to the arrival of super-strength man-made opioids. Nitazenes can be hundreds of times stronger ...

Since 2013, the percentage of students who reported drinking alcohol, using marijuana, or using select illicit drugs at any point has decreased. Since 2017 and 2019, respectively, the percentage ...

That has meant turning from tracking infections to tracking illicit and high-risk drug use. Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter ...

Most people believe that smoking major drugs like heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, or cocaine is much safer than injecting the drug. After all, there are serious risks of major skin abscesses ...

After a lull of nearly 2 decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved some novel drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease since 2021. Most of these drugs are antibody ...

The annual number of drug overdose deaths in Australia has almost doubled over the past 20 years, according to a new report. Of the 2,356 overdose deaths in 2022, the vast majority were ...

Storing medication near a heat source may reduce its effectiveness, she explained. My parents aren’t the only people who assume that one safekeeping spot is as good as another. Less than half of ...

The granted patent US12029820B2 describes a sustained release tablet formulation primarily containing 4-aminopyridine, a compound used in various therapeutic applications. The tablet's core is ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A type of drug developed for treating cancer holds promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, according to a recent study by ...

Over the last three years, English had been trying a nightmarish carousel of treatments including surgery, radiation and drugs that boost the immune system. Looking back on that time ...