Each year, about 70,000 women worldwide die due to severe bleeding after childbirth, which also increases the risk of babies dying in their first month of life. Currently, the WHO recommends an injection of oxytocin be offered to all women giving birth vaginally. WebMD Health
A company developing a one-dose pill to treat flu says the drug has been fast-tracked by the FDA. WebMD Health
The FDA approved the first drug using cannabidiol, or CBD — an ingredient derived from the marijuana plant. WebMD Health
Daily marijuana use was highest among adults aged 18 to 34. Adults aged 50 to 64 were the only age group with increases in non-daily marijuana use both before and after 2007, the researchers reported. WebMD Health
Each year, about one million women in the United States have miscarriages, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. In the final part of a miscarriage, the body should expel the pregnancy tissue. However, sometimes this does not occur and the patient is given the drug misoprostol. WebMD Health
As the researchers explained, taselisib has already proven beneficial for people fighting head-and-neck cancers or certain gynecological tumors. Would it do the same for hormone-sensitive breast cancers? WebMD Health
The drug has also worked well against other cancers. When former President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his brain several years ago, it was Keytruda that threw the cancer into remission by curtailing the action of a protein known as PD-L1. WebMD Health
For about two decades, kidney removal followed by drug therapy has been the standard of care for people with advanced kidney cancer, said Dr. Bruce Johnson, chief clinical research officer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston. WebMD Health
Galcanezumab cut in half the number of days that most patients suffered from a migraine in a month, and did so without significant side effects, researchers reported. WebMD Health
Earlier this year, the consortium of several large hospital systems announced it would form a nonprofit drug company called Project Rx. WebMD Health