Hormonal birth control pills can cause mild side effects such as acne, bloating, and spotting. In rare instances, they may increase your risk of more serious health issues, like blood clots.

Taking birth control pills is pretty easy — you just pop a tiny pill into your mouth and swallow. There are two different types of birth control pills: combination pills (estrogen and progestin ...

Headache Medicine: What Should You Take? Medicines can help you manage, prevent, or end headache pain. There are many different treatment options available. Some medicines relieve headache pain ...

Even quaint corners of the country are seeing a rise in drug violence and crime. Just ask the mayor of Morlaix, which has a population of about 15,000. By Richard Fausset Reporting from Morlaix ...

So the big question is: What’s next on the menu for obesity drug development? Other pharmaceutical companies aren’t just sitting back and letting Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have all the fun: Pharma ...

Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives and due to many types of drug addictions. Since 2000, there have been 700,000 overdose deaths ...

Researchers suggest improving sleep may help prevent Alzheimer's, but caution against using sleeping pills indiscriminately due to potential dependency and less effective deep sleep. According to ...

As far back as the 1940s, cocktails of appetite suppressants known as “rainbow pills” were heavily marketed to American women. The brightly colored capsules often contained amphetamines ...