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Close to 60% of patients in U.S. national ambulatory survey were prescribed two or more psychotropic medications in 2005, a sharp rise from the 42.6% seen in 1996.

The eight-person committee marks recommendations for the scheduling of non-prescription drugs.

Q&A: Two Canadian ADHD experts talk about why there is a surge of patients seeking assessment, the importance of a formal diagnosis, and what physicians need to know to recognize and treat the disorder.

More than two-thirds of U.S. children and teens who saw a doctor for pink eye left with a prescription for antibiotic eye drops, new research has found.

A particular patient reminds a clinician that the core of being a doctor will always be that human connection.

‘I didn’t study pharmacy to be pressured into sales.’

When the bird flu known as H5N1 was first detected in U.S. dairy cows earlier this year, there were no studies of whether heat treatment killed the virus in cows milk.

Never burn poison ivy, because the smoke would contain toxins that could be fatal if inhaled.