Some women are concerned about how contraceptive pills could be affecting their mental health. Are these fears backed up by evidence? Like many young women, Sarah E Hill spent her late teens and ...

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 ...

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 ...

While popular drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are only available as injections, drugmaker Novo Nordisk is working on a more convenient option: A pill. Novo Nordisk already makes semaglutide ...

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 ...

COVE NECK, N.Y. — Saturday marks 35 years since Avianca Flight 052 crashed on Long Island after it ran out of fuel while circling to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The tragedy ...

Two separate groups of medical experts and political advisers in Shanghai and Beijing are sounding the alarm over the country’s centralized drug procurement system and the drugs on a list of ...

Lousiana has classified abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol as "controlled dangerous substances" A New York doctor has been indicted for allegedly sending abortion pills to a teenager in ...

The drug she received — a new kind of analgesic being tested in a clinical trial — eased her discomfort, without the grogginess or nausea of opioids. “I felt very lucid,” says Vairin ...

Taken properly, sleeping pills give enormous benefit to people suffering from an inability to get restful sleep. At the same time, the rise in the use of sleep medication has been accompanied by ...

Overdosing on oral contraceptives, or taking more than one pill per day, usually isn’t life threatening. You most likely won’t experience any major side effects. It’s not at all uncommon to ...

Placebo pills help you stay on course by taking one daily until the next month. Skipping them can reduce or stop periods. You can speak to your doctor for more advice. Birth control pills are ...