DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a medication question. I often have bladder infections, and the medications I use are Cipro and Pyridium .

The widow of a district attorney who was believed stomped to death by his cattle 16 years ago surrendered to authorities Thursday on murder charge in his death.

Lovastatin, a drug used to lower cholesterol and help prevent cardiovascular disease, has been shown to improve bone healing in an animal model of neurofibromatosis type 1 . The research, reported today in the ...

Giving the transplant drug cyclosporine to heart attack patients can prevent the injury that's caused by blood rushing back to the damaged heart, French researchers report.

The VMware Fusion team has rolled out VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 . The video, above features some Beta 2 highlights.

Germany's highest court partially overturned bans on smoking in bars Wednesday, ruling that states must either ban smoking in all restaurants and pubs or offer exceptions for single-room establishments.

By Jason Szep

BOSTON (Reuters) - When Sarah Roisman was 11 years old, her doctors prescribed Klonopin, a muscle relaxant, for a psychiatric disorder that caused her to have seizures. She liked how the drug made her feel. Her seizures went away.

But that's where her trouble with addiction began.

By age 14, the teen from an upper middle-class Philadelphia suburb led a dangerous double life. Editor of her school paper, strong student and popular athlete, Roisman was also hooked on painkillers and other drugs in an addiction that illustrates the rapid expansion in prescription drug abuse in America.

Akron Children's Hospital is joining the ranks of about 6,000 other companies nationwide by establishing a new nicotine-free hiring policy.

Medications prescribed for erectile dysfunction increased delivery of cancer-fighting drugs to treat malignant brain tumors, researchers said.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I found a cover story in a national magazine that purports there is much question about the need to lower cholesterol and to prescribe statin medicines.