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Learn how Restoril works to calm the signals that are firing in your brain to help you sleep, the possible side effects to be aware of, and how to properly use and store this medication.

Learn how Warfarin works to prevent blood clots from forming, getting bigger, or traveling through the body. Also, learn the possible side effects to be aware of and how to properly use and store this medication.

Learn what Ultracet is and how it works to help manage pain. Also, understand the possible side effects to be aware of and how to properly use and store this medication.

Understand that Rivaroxaban is an oral medication taken to break up blood clots caused by deep vein thrombosis or atrial fibrillation and to keep the blood thin. Learn how to use and store Rivaroxaban and the possible side effects to be aware of.

Battling advanced forms of breast cancer is never easy for patients, but a new drug, combined with hormone therapy, stops signals that cancer cells use to grow and divide. One cancer survivor calls it a miracle drug.

About 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every year. Now, researchers are trying out what looks like a breath strip of medicine that could make patients’ lives easier.

It is possible to cure tuberculosis, but it is extremely difficult. The only drugs that can kill TB bacteria are toxic, can damage the liver, and cause deafness. A new drug is being developed which employs a new mode of action to kill the TB bacteria by targeting an energy-producing enzyme. The TMC drug, developed in Belgium, is effective against all current strains of TB, including the drug-resistant ones, and reduces treatment times. This new TB...

More than 200,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year. Now, there’s a new drug that is giving patients and doctors more hope than ever before.

Millions of Americans have Hepatitis C, a chronic disease that destroys the liver. New drugs can cure the virus within weeks with almost no side effects, but at $1,000 a pill, it's not available to everyone.

The average heart failure patient may be prescribed anywhere from four to 20 pills per day. Most of these can be difficult to take, and hard to keep track of. Now, two teams are collaborating to find an easier, personalized solution.