The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) has described the tragic death of Nkanu, the young son of Chimamanda Adichie, as a grave patient-safety failure rooted in ...

Francis Faduyile, has urged caution over Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie’s allegations that an excessive dose of propofol ...

Explore the effects of Propofol and insulin on cognitive function after surgery, especially in older adults with memory impairment.

Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter. He covered the 2024 elections and was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in the 2021 and 2022 election cycles. Washington — ...

The maker of Zepbound reported results from a study of retatrutide, which targets three hormones in the body and led to much more weight loss than any approved drug. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has ...

Q. I was on a 14-day course of prednisone for vertigo. Once I stopped, I had terrible withdrawal symptoms that have persisted for more than 10 days. Luckily, they are getting better, but I’m still ...

Thousands of bottles of a commonly used prescription drug to treat hypertension has been recalled for possible contamination with another drug. The global drug maker, which is headquartered in Mumbai, ...

We report the case of a 10-year-old girl with high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who exhibited transient resistance to propofol. While being treated with calaspargase pegol and ...

Postinduction hypotension is prevalent in patients at least 65 years of age who undergo general anesthesia, according to a new study. HONOLULU—Postinduction hypotension is prevalent in patients at ...

The Federal Drug Administration said drugmakers have recalled more than 580,000 bottles of a blood pressure medication over concerns that it may include a cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based ...

The US Food and Drug Administration will take steps to streamline the development of generic versions of complex biological drugs, the agency announced Wednesday. The changes are meant to accelerate ...

In a pooled analysis, the high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine provided superior protection compared with the standard-dose vaccine against hospitalisations for influenza or pneumonia; it also ...