Resveratrol has long been touted in news outlets and health blogs as a 2000s miracle product, with little evidence it helps people. It instead benefited from a kind of 'Glaxo would not paid $720…

The risk to the Australian community from doctors and nurses returning from Ebola-affected countries is minimal. Credit: EPA/ARIE KIEVIT By Grant Hill-Cawthorne, University of Sydney and Adam Kamradt…

As the death toll of Ebola continues to rise, especially in the hard-hit West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the need for a viable cure is growing more and more urgent. Even…

We never miss pharmaceutical companies until they are gone. Lawsuits, terrifically expensive drug development cycles and trials coupled with a short window for sales before a drug is declared out of…

Up to 64% of people worldwide use medicinal plants to treat illnesses and relieve pain, and the herbal medicine market is worth $60 billion annually. Despite the increasing popularity of herbal…

Structure of Bisphenol A. Credit: Ian Musgrave By Ian Musgrave Bisphenol A is in the news again. A paper just published in the Public Library of Science with the alarming title of “Holding Thermal…

Human volunteers for Ebola vaccine. Image:niaid By Connor Bamford, University of Glasgow The world has been warned that the current Ebola epidemic may not end without the use of a vaccine – and no…

Unusual and severe impulse control disorders, including pathological gambling, hypersexuality and compulsive shopping, have been reported in patients taking dopamine receptor agonist drugs. Dopamine…

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as aspirin, estrogen, and Fluimucil can improve the efficacy of existing schizophrenia treatments, according to results announced at the European College of…

Long-term daily use of Viagra can provide protection for the heart at different stages of heart disease, with few side effects, according to a new meta-analysis published in BMC Medicine. …