Hearings on Tap Water Planned

Area Tap Water Has Traces of Medicines
The Washington area's drinking water contains trace amounts of six commonly used drugs that typically turn up in wastewater and cannot be filtered...

Drug Labeling with Pregnancy in Mind
When you're pregnant, or thinking about getting pregnant, there are so many things to consider: Are you ready emotionally? Financially? Physically?...

Long-term hormone replacement therapy increases breast cancer ri...
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Now there is proof for women in Germany, too: If hormone replacement therapy is taken over a...

Direct-to-Consumer Drugs and Devices
We're all pretty much accustomed by now to seeing TV ads for prescription drugs. They're a genre unto themselves: the healthy-looking folks who have...

Shop Around if You Pay for Pills
If you pay cash for prescription drugs, you may want to shop around before you buy.