Eli Lilly Becomes First Trillion-Dollar Health Company
2025-11-24
Its diabetes and weight loss drugs are driving the rapid growthContinue Reading
New Trial Shows Pfizer’s mRNA Flu Shot Beats Traditional Flu Vaccine
2025-11-21
FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine worked better than a standard flu shot in a large Phase 3 trial, researchers reported. The results, published Nov. 19 in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that mRNA technology may help improve protection in future flu seasons.Continue Reading
Advanced Drugs Should Be Used First In Crohn’s Disease, New Guidelines Suggest
2025-11-20
THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — New guidelines recommend doctors tackle Crohn’s disease head-on, calling for the use of cutting-edge drugs as early as possible to quell the autoimmune GI disorder as quickly as possible. The updated American Gastroenterological Association guidelines reject a “step-up” approach in which people getContinue Reading
Drugs Rarely Become Available In Lower-Income Countries Where They’re Tested, Study Says
2025-11-18
TUESDAY, Nov. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pharmaceutical companies are using the citizens of lower-income countries as guinea pigs to test cutting-edge drugs headed mainly for the United States and other well-off nations, a new study says. Only a quarter of medicines tested in other countries wound up available toContinue Reading
FDA Limits Duchenne Gene Therapy After Two Teens Die of Liver Failure
2025-11-17
MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tightening restrictions on a gene therapy used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy after two teenagers died from liver failure linked to the medication. The FDA decision limits the use of Elevidys, made by Sarepta Therapeutics,Continue Reading
Hit HBO Series Doubled Internet Searches For An Addictive Benzodiazepine
2025-11-17
MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Life imitates art, the saying goes, but does that extend to TV depictions of prescription drug misuse? The last season of the HBO hit series “The White Lotus” might have inadvertently increased interest in a powerful anti-anxiety medication, a new study says. InternetContinue Reading
Dr. Richard Pazdur Appointed to Lead FDA’s Drug Division After Turbulent Year
2025-11-13
The division lost about 1,000 staff this year amid turnover and morale concernsContinue Reading
FDA Lifts Major Warnings on Hormone Replacement Therapy
2025-11-12
Officials say the warnings were based on outdated 2002 study data involving older patients and old drug formulasContinue Reading
Nationwide Recall Alert: ADHD Drug May Not Dissolve Correctly
2025-11-10
MONDAY, Nov. 10, 2025 (Health News) — Millions of Americans who rely on medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be affected by a new drug recall. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has issued a voluntary, nationwide recall for several lots of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic version of an ADHDContinue Reading
Teen Nicotine Vaping Trends Show Powerful Evidence Of Addiction
2025-11-06
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tweens and teens who vape are becoming hopelessly hooked on nicotine, a new study warns. Daily nicotine vaping nearly doubled between 2020 and 2024 among U.S. middle and high school students who use e-cigarettes, researchers reported Nov. 3 in JAMA Network Open. TheContinue Reading
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Benefit Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Study Says
2025-11-04
TUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Low-dose aspirin is no longer universally recommended to prevent heart health emergencies, but it might help people with type 2 diabetes, a new study says. People with type 2 diabetes who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to have a heart attack orContinue Reading
Blood Pressure Medication Recalled Over Cancer Risk
2025-11-03
MONDAY, Nov. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled over half a million bottles of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication, prazosin hydrochloride, because of concerns about a potentially cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals and drug distributor Amerisource Health Services initiated theContinue Reading
Texas Sues Tylenol Over Alleged Autism Link
2025-10-29
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, and its former parent company, Johnson & Johnson, of misleading consumers about the safety of the popular pain reliever during pregnancy. Filed Tuesday in Texas state court, theContinue Reading
New Nonhormonal Drug Approved to Treat Menopause Symptoms
2025-10-27
The once-daily pill elinzanetant is expected to be available within weeksContinue Reading