Medications once used to treat illness are increasingly being taken for prevention. Experts explain what’s behind the ...

More changes are coming from the Food and Drug Administration as officials move to get rid of warning labels on some medications.Just last month, the administration announced it will remove black box ...

University of Connecticut provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. A “black box” warning on a health product sounds pretty scary – maybe even more so when it’s suddenly being taken off the ...

Most prescriptions for the medication gabapentin are for unapproved uses -- and many patients end up taking it along with drugs that create potentially dangerous interactions. That's the conclusion of ...

Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as ...