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As climate change brings more intense heat waves, scientists are trying to understand how certain medications interact with the body’s thermoregulation system 
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A perplexing factor is at play — one that raises new, sensitive questions about the role of race, genetics and other factors.
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Because it reduces inflammation, ibuprofen is better for osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis, period pain, some types of headache and after an operation. Paracetamol is better for pain with fever.
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A review of randomized clinical trials found the best way to use over-the-counter pain medications for sudden low back pain.
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A large new analysis finds regularly taking blood pressure medications to lower existing hypertension during midlife can reduce the risk of later dementia.
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Researchers found that taking a pill while lying on your right side, rather than your left, shortens the time it takes for the drug to be absorbed.
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Paying attention to communication is an important part of respect for patients, to foster the principles of patient-centred care and shared decision making, and to promote better medical outcomes.
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Older adults often take more medications than they need, or than is safe. Increasingly, geriatric experts and their patients are exploring the benefits of “deprescribing".
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A significant rise in prescriptions of an antidepressant has seen it make the list of the nation's most commonly prescribed drugs for the first time.
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For most medicines, it doesn't matter when you take them. But others work best at particular times.
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Nobody told Shirley* you weren’t supposed to take sleeping pills for more than a few weeks.
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Doctors and insurance companies are slow to accept technological therapies.
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Clinical trials can assess impact of a medication on a disease. The ideal design is 'blind' – when the researchers and participants do not know who is assigned to the different treatments.
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Taking a medicine with alcohol can increase effects like sedation, poor hand and eye coordination, dizziness and poor judgement.
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Studies prove that popular decongestants just don’t work.
Peter Mellow's insight:
Sudafed, Tylenol, Benadryl all contain phenylephrine. There is now evidence that the drug simply does not work.
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Monique Ryan and other doctors say doubling the number of medicines a person can collect with each prescription would save patients and the government millions, but pharmacists vowed to oppose the reform.
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Drinking alcohol with some medicine means they may not work so well. With others, you risk a life-threatening overdose.
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Prescriptions for ADHD medications have doubled in the last decade in Australia. Medication is the best treatment for ADHD, however non-medicated treatments are also helpful.
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Sometimes, it’s best to take your medicine sitting up. Other times, lying down is safer. Here’s what we know so far.
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I learned the hard way it’s not smart of play doctor by deciding you don’t need your prescription drugs.
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Nearly a year after coronavirus wreaked havoc on global healthcare supply chains, Australia is still struggling to overcome critical medicine shortages, leaving some to take drastic stop-gap measures like reducing dosages.
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She's urging parents not to hold off on scheduled appointments, especially vaccines.
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In Australia, the highest rates of mental illness can be found in the poorest sections of society. But poor people with mental disorders often struggle to access the care they need.
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Household medications are sending more Australians to hospital than vehicle crashes, as the nation’s ageing population increasingly turns to handfuls of tablets to treat their multiple ailments.
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