Prescription Drugs

Weight gain may not always be due to what you eat. Researchers in Texas find your medication can cause serious weight gain.

U.S. researchers are warning that antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is becoming an increasingly worrisome reality, and that action should be taken to limit the spread of the sexually-transmitted disease.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are considering requiring some welfare recipients to undergo drug tests. The bill is set to get its first hearing in Cheyenne on Friday. House Bill 82 would require people applying for certain welfare programs to pass a drug test...

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded (More info) 1929 – Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago in what would come to be known as the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre (More info)

A new study with mice indicates the cancer drug bexarotene could have another important use: reversing Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, on Monday.

Only a small number of states currently have laws on the books allowing medical marijuana, but help may be on the horizon for patients in other states who could benefit from the ingredients in cannabis plants — clinical trials are currently underway for the world’s first pharmaceutical developed from raw marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents.

Aspirin is often prescribed to people who’ve had a heart attack or stroke to ward off future attacks. But new research indicates that may not be such a good idea.