With measles becoming a growing threat nationwide, passing 700 cases so far this year, federal health officials continue to ...

Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to young children to combat conditions such as ear infections and pneumonia. But the ...

Some drug dealers are moving toward selling drugs in small, brightly colored capsules called "trash cans." The containers ...

Now it seems drug companies may be taking the same tack – by suggesting young children could benefit from drugs that they may then need for decades if not for ever. Good Health has discovered that the ...

The health secretary said the drugs have “damaged” children, but doctors say prescription stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall help millions of people. By Christina Caron Health Secretary ...

Popular prescription weight-loss drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists are now frequently used by type 1 diabetes patients, despite limited data on the drugs’ safety and effectiveness in this patient ...

UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster University in Canada determined how the new antibiotic works and why the drug evades bacterial resistance. "The holy grail in the field is to ...

One of the two children in the apartment was preparing their school lunch, within reach of more than 100 grams of suspected packaged cocaine. A loaded, unsecured firearm sat near the child, next ...

NATIONAL NEWS - Almost half of children arrested for the use or possession of drugs are benefitting from diversion programmes. The Central Drug Authority (CDA) told the Select Committee on Social ...

The Central Drug Authority recently stated that over 200 children had been arrested for use or possession of drugs over a 12-month period. Almost half of children arrested for the use or ...

Every parent likes to think they?ve given their children adequate warning of the dangers of drugs. That?s why the common refrain of parents who realise their children have ignored those warnings is: ...