Research groups around the world are therefore looking for substances that stimulate brown fat and thus increase fat burning.

Ketamine, a well-known anesthetic used in smaller doses as a party drug, was hailed as a “new hope for depression” in a Time magazine story.

Northwestern University researchers have developed a small, soft, flexible implant that relieves pain on demand and without drugs.

Researchers from UBC have discovered that an existing cancer drug could have potential as a treatment for muscular dystrophy.

Researchers discovered potential new drugs that work in concert with other drugs to deliver a deadly one-two punch to leukemia.

A collaborative team has developed a novel, self-plugging microneedle for accurately injecting therapeutics into the eyes and retina.

These fingertip-sized robots are poised to become medicine’s future lifesavers – to crawl, spin, and swim to enter narrow spaces.

A new study offers a new and unique treatment for AIDS which may be developed into a vaccine or a one time treatment for patients with HIV.

A new oral medication treats diabetes and controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the disease.

Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds

The oncolytic virus has been shown to shrink colon, lung, breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancer tumors in preclinical laboratory models.

Metformin prevents immune cells and macrophages from releasing dangerous molecules into the blood that promote heart attacks and strokes.

Millions of consumers and patients around the world will be heartened by the results of the latest study on cannabis and driving.

A new antibiotic derived from computer models of bacterial gene products, appears to neutralize even drug-resistant bacteria.

The virus has been designed specifically to kill cancer and works by enhancing the body's immune response against cancer cells.

Statins have been hailed as a wonder drug; the cholesterol-lowering drugs have been prescribed to tens of millions of people since the 1980s

CandyCode uses tiny multicolored candy nonpareils or “hundreds and thousands” as a uniquely identifiable coating for pharmaceutical pills.

Sodium selenate may slow cognitive decline and neurodegenerative damage that is the hallmark of many dementias including Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers have found a way to supercharge immune cells that could enable them to clear disease and infections faster.

Alcoholism, if left untreated, could have dangerous repercussions so there are a range of drugs developed to treat this condition.