The FDA has proposed placing strong warning labels on many over-the-counter painkillers, cautioning patients about the risks of possible liver failure from taking them too often. More than 200 million ...

Patients with limited English proficiency at UCHealth may have access to prescription medication labels in their primary language. UCHealth launched a program in February that translates prescription ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) – Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined four other U.S. senators to introduce the CLEAR LABELS Act Tuesday, an act ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would require prescription drug labels to identify where the medication was made, adding momentum to a ...

In an essay published in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of medical researchers team up to propose a novel way to trim some of the nation’s ballooning health care ...

Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as ...

Obesity can alter the action of many types of medications in ways affecting safety and/or efficacy, but this often isn’t mentioned in the labels. Experts in obesity and pharmacology are trying to ...

Prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications play vital roles in treating health conditions for older adults, helping ease symptoms and supporting overall well-being. To ensure the intended ...

Researchers looking at neonate drug label changes following recent legislation found only 46 percent of neonatal labeling changes indicated the safety and effectiveness of the drug, according to a ...