Medicine

Whether it's cocaine, vaping or even your phone, addiction can alter your brain without you even being aware.

Malaria, which kills one child globally every two minutes, is the top killer of children under five in the east African country.

Electronic cigarettes, like Juul, have been in use in the United States for over a decade now, so what’s up with the sudden spike in e-cigarette related illnesses? SPOILER: We wish we knew more.

Philanthropy is essential to the operating budgets and long-range planning of academic institutions.

It’s been touted as a treatment for cancer, anxiety and chronic pain — but doctors say there’s little evidence behind the supposed benefits, at least for now.

Identifying DNA that seems essential to cancer cells’ survival tells drug developers which genes or gene products to target.

Scientists have invented a device that can quickly produce large numbers of living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos.

The FDA sent a warning letter to Juul on Monday threatening fines and/or product seizure for misleadingly marketing its vaping technology — especially in its outreach to youths — as less harmful than cigarettes.

Sickle Cell Disease affects 100,00 Americans, and has been pretty well understood for a long time. So, why are there only two drugs available for the condition?

In recent years, the chemical derived from the cannabis plant, commonly called CBD, has been touted as alleviating countless physical ailments.

For years researchers have been guided by one leading theory — that getting rid of a buildup of a sticky protein called amyloid would ease the mind-robbing disease.

Today, three companies control virtually the entire global market for insulin.

Democratic, public ownership of pharmaceutical development, production, and distribution in the U.S. is necessary to combat the increasingly harmful impacts of Big Pharma which decades of regulation have failed to counteract.

Britain is facing a drugs crisis, as many people rely on highly addictive prescription drugs.

Prosecutors said Dr. Lawrence Choy prescribed large amounts of opioids and other drugs in potentially lethal combinations to 14 patients, resulting in three deaths.