There are some over-the-counter (OTC) medications that may be part of your daily routine, like taking melatonin every night before you go to bed or a multivitamin in the morning. Then there are the ...

A new study reveals long-term melatonin use may increase heart failure risk by 90% in adults with insomnia. Compared to ...

Doctors have long known that too little or interrupted sleep raises the risk of heart disease. But heart experts say this kind of so-called observational study can’t prove that melatonin use plays any ...

Three staff members at a school in New Haven are on leave after school officials allege that one of them gave a child an over-the-counter medication against the school system’s policy. The incident ...

New Haven officials say the staff member was separated from the class and put on leave, adding two additional staff members ...

Over-the-counter pain medications work as well or better than opioids after wisdom tooth extraction for both men and women, according to a Rutgers Health-led follow-up to a landmark paper on ...

Antihistamines (Benadryl, Claritin, Zyrtec, Allegra): Medications used to treat cold and allergy symptoms, such as nasal pressure, pain, or fever, can cause drowsiness and slow reaction time.

A rapper has revealed “how easy it is” to purchase a highly addictive, over-the-counter cough medicine without a prescription ...

A new study from Tulane University found that, over the past decade, more states have moved to make it easier for people with opioid use disorder to get potentially life-saving medication.

A SLEEP aid often marketed as ‘natural’ has been linked to a higher risk of heart failure and death. People taking the ...

Dr. Vinay Prasad, who oversees FDA’s vaccine and biologics center, resigned in July after coming under fire from conservative ...