As more pharmacies close across the U.S., a growing number of people are going online for their prescription medications — but some experts are warning that fake pills pose a very real risk. Earlier this month, Rite Aid declared bankruptcy and announced
Women who take a certain type of prescription birth control pill as teens may have a much higher rate of depression, a new study out of Sweden’s Uppsala University suggested, compared to those who do not take birth control pills. Women who
The judge who jailed a 44-year-old woman who had lied to secure pills that aborted her unborn child at up to 34 weeks said he recognised it to be a “tragic case”. But he was critical of a raft of medical professionals
A woman in the U.K. was sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to getting abortion pills past the country’s legal limit. The 44-year-old mother of three received the pills by mail under a policy introduced during the pandemic that
Potentially “practice-changing” results from two new cancer drug studies were introduced at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)’s annual meeting this week in Chicago, Illinois. For lung cancer patients, a drug called osimertinib — taken by pill once daily — was
Sleep difficulties are a common complaint among those living with Alzheimer’s disease — and experts say those challenges often start well before the diagnosis. In a recent study published in Annals of Neurology, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
Mexico’s Defense Department said Tuesday that soldiers found over 1.83 million fentanyl pills at a stash house in the border city of Tijuana. The department said in a statement that soldiers staked out the house Sunday after authorities received a tip that
A Warsaw court on Tuesday convicted a women’s rights activist for helping a victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, and sentenced her to eight months of community service. The case of Justyna Wydrzyńska has been closely watched by human