The agency worried the rule could create “unintended consequences” by confusing patients and doctors. Do you ever look at the labels of the prescription medications you take? Or do you simply rely on ...

Information about the benefits and drawbacks patients experienced when taking a new cancer drug is rarely included on the product label, even though it could help doctors and patients make treatment ...

During this segment of the Oncology Stakeholders Summit, Spring 2015 series, Bruce Feinberg, DO; Scott Gottlieb, MD; and Michael Kolodziej, MD, discuss their concerns and the concerns of manufacturers ...

Approximately one in 10 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement receive treatment for an off-label indication, according to a new analysis of registry data. Among 23,847 patients ...

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 ...

In modern medicine, antibiotics are among the most powerful tools for preventing and treating life-threatening bacterial infections. Their effectiveness, however, often depends on using the right drug ...

During the early ’80s, Dr. Joe Hardy was stationed in South Dakota with the Air Force and treated a patient who suffered from Raynaud’s disease, in which exposure to cold causes numbness in the hands ...

A woman writes about how being labeled a ‘cancer patient’ gives her a feeling of lost identity. “Cancer patient.” Those two words can hold so much power and yet be the two most dreadful words ever put ...

Do you ever look at the labels of the prescription medications you take? Or do you simply rely on your physician to read them to understand the medications’ appropriate uses and side effects? Either ...

(Reuters Health) - Information about the benefits and drawbacks patients experienced when taking a new cancer drug is rarely included on the product label, even though it could help doctors and ...