For the first time in decades, a new class of painkiller has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

When you swallow a pill, it affects your whole system ... The dangers were considered so high for the drug Vioxx that it was taken off the market. Bextra, another Cox-2 inhibitor, was also ...

The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient in a pill used for emergency contraception. By Pam Belluck and Emily ...

Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored. By Claire Cain Miller Kate Conger and ...

As a daily pill-taker, I’ve learned that the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” holds all too true when it comes to staying on top of my medications. A pill case that looks and feels nice ...

Here are the small steps they're taking this year to get there. Eli Lilly's oral weight loss pill, orforglipron Eli Lilly competitor Novo Nordisk kicked off the weight-loss drug craze when it ...

Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end ...

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Feb. 3, 2025 — It's a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy, the contraceptive pill (or 'the Pill') could also help reduce the risk of ovarian ...

But the findings raise the provocative possibility that a drug already marketed as a contraceptive could also serve, at a higher dose, as a medication for abortion—a potential substitute for ...

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