Alzheimer’s disease remains one of medicine’s toughest challenges, affecting millions and costing trillions of dollars ...

With few treatments available to treat Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have turned to cancer drugs as a potential means of ...

As pharmaceutical companies struggle to develop Alzheimer’s treatments, scientists are searching for existing drugs that ...

Oncology drugs are therapeutics used to treat cancer — a group of diseases caused by uncontrolled growth and division of abnormal cells. We've created a list of some of them.

June 14, 2010— -- Some widely used blood pressure drugs may be associated with an increased risk of cancer, researchers found in a new study. In a meta-analysis of nine published studies the ...

There are many different types of cancer medications. These include alkylating agents, antimetabolites, and plant alkaloids. Doctors can use cancer medications either on their own or in ...

A study comparing the gene expression signature of Alzheimer's disease with those elicited by 1,300 approved drugs found a combination of two cancer medications that could treat the most common form ...

New cancer drugs and cancer diagnostic tests have been added to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) lists of essential medicines and essential diagnostic tests. "Around the world, more than ...

Pediatric cancers are also treated with carboplatin and cisplatin, two drugs that have been in serious shortage since the beginning of the year.In June, a survey of major cancer centers found that ...

The World Health Organization updated its guidelines for essential medicines Wednesday to include drugs to treat multiple sclerosis, heart conditions, cancer and more. But obesity medications were ...

The nation’s monthslong shortage of highly potent cancer drugs is grinding on, forcing patients and their doctors to face even grimmer realities than those cancer typically presents. Thousands ...