The New York Times examined how so much hope is riding on the promise of 'personalized medicine,' in which genetic screening and other tests give doctors more evidence for tailoring treatments to patients, potentially improving care and saving money.

Giant Food stores and stores of its sister chain Stop & Shop will provide no-cost generic antibiotics to customers with prescriptions for three months.

The osteoporosis drug Fosamax (alendronate) is taken by millions in an attempt to prevent painful bone fractures which may occur with osteoporosis. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in it's January 2, 2009 issue that links Fosamax with esophageal cancer.

Matrix Laboratories received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Stavudine Capsules USP, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg and 40 mg.

Perrigo Company has received final approval from FDA for its over-the-counter Ibuprofen and Diphenhydramine Citrate Tablets, 200/38 mg.

FDA has approved LATISSE (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03% as a novel treatment for hypotrichosis of the eyelashes.

What stores are open on Christmas Day? This is one of the main questions today on the minds of many Americans, particularly for those who are worried about filling their prescription medications on Christmas day or if they need some urgent first aid.

At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug interaction, and half of these interactions involve a non-prescription medication.

ETHEX has voluntarily recalled to the consumer level, a single production lot of Hydromorphone HCl 2 mg tablets (Lot #90219, Exp: 03/2010; NDC #58177-0620-04), as a precaution, due to the possibility it may contain oversized tablets.