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The FDA has cleared the Nova StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter System to become the first blood glucose monitoring system for use in critically ill patients who have been hospitalized.

The FDA has approved a new indication for adalimumab (Humira) to treat pediatric patients age 6 years and older afflicted with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.

When quality of wallet takes precedence over quality of life, the healing arts suffer for it.

RX-3117 maintains anti-tumor activity in cancer cell lines that are resistant to gemcitabine.

California joins 5 other states in allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription.

Potential for widespread chaos and eventual collapse of hardest-hit nations without ramped-up international response.

'The Holy Trinity' is a drug regimen that includes at least an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and carisoprodol.

Eating the recommended 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day is associated with high mental well-being.

Influenza boosts the ability of pneumococci to cause middle ear and throat infections.

An experimental single-tablet regimen for treatment-naïve adults infected with HIV demonstrated non-inferiority to an FDA-approved combination pill in achieving undetectable viral load.

Although the initial uptake of the generic discount drug program (GDDP) was essentially nonexistent among vulnerable populations, patients' participation in the GDDP notably expanded as it matured.

Amgen has submitted a new drug application to the FDA for its novel leukemia candidate, blinatumomab.

Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging all Americans aged 6 months and older to receive flu shots for the impending influenza season.

Respiratory illness now confirmed in 27 states, with significant growth expected in coming weeks.

Working more than 40 hours a week may lead to heart problems.

A starter pack of Janssen Pharmaceuticals' rivaroxaban (Xarelto) will be available at pharmacies starting in October 2014.

Pregnant women exhibit a more powerful immune response to influenza, but only half are currently vaccinated.

Technology, specifically Internet technology, has democratized medical practice by eliminating the traditional impediments to the flow of information. Suddenly, we are no longer constrained by what we happen to know or feel about a particular disease, condition, diagnostic tool, or treatment.

On the heels of its recommendation to limit the use of testosterone replacement products, an FDA advisory panel voted to reject a novel oral testosterone candidate.

The FDA today allowed marketing of the first direct blood test for detection of 5 yeast pathogens that cause bloodstream infections.

Model used to predict eventual size of Ebola outbreak outpaced by scale of current epidemic.

Clinical pharmacists can reduce anti-epileptic drug (AED) prescription errors that commonly result from incomplete or poor documentation.

Major food manufacturers exceed their goal of selling a collective 1 trillion fewer calories by 2012.

Efforts to contain the virus increase as death toll continues to rise.