Your liver is the largest solid organ in your body. It performs hundreds of essential tasks such as: filtering toxins out of your blood removing old blood cells creating bile, a fluid that helps break ...

2018 was a landmark year for new drug approvals. However, patients’ access to these novel drugs varied by drug category and enrolled health plan. Objectives: To examine US commercial health plans’ ...

Do not take benzonatate with drugs that cause sleepiness, medications used for mental health conditions, anesthetics, or alcohol. Before you start taking benzonatate, share your health history with ...

Heart damage occurs when substances or medical conditions harm heart tissue. Signs of heart damage from drugs may include chest pain, irregular heartbeat, and cough. Substances can affect the cells of ...

Intrinsic DILI: This is where a drug and/or drug metabolites induce liver toxicity in a predicted and dose-dependent manner. Most individuals show a response at some dose, and the toxicity levels are ...

The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, which gave rise to the modern generic drug market, was one of the most significant cost-reducing policy innovations of the last 40 years. In 2021 alone, the use of ...

Gone are the days of battling obesity with a limited toolbox. With more weight loss supplements and drugs on the market than ever before, deciding which medication is right for you isn’t as simple as ...

An illustration shows how custom-made peptide molecules (shown in pink and purple) can slip through a cell membrane. (Image by Ian C. Haydon / UW Institute for Protein Design) Researchers at the ...