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An FDA panel has said that dissolvable tobacco products reduce health risks, but warned that they could make more people addicted to the drug

FDA medical experts are recommending approval of the diet pill Qnexa, despite the drug's potential risky side effects. Dr

The FDA previously rejected the drug, Qnexa, because component drugs were tied to heart problems and birth defects

CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports on the decision of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius to restrict the sale of the morning after pill, Plan B - against the recommendation of the FDA that the drug be sold over-the-counter.

People with an uncommon form of cystic fibrosis started gaining weight and were better able to breathe than their untreated counterparts after just two weeks on an experimental drug, according to a study published November 2 in The New England Journal of Medicine . If approved by the U.S.

Preliminary clinical trials show marijuana might be useful for pain, nausea and weight loss in cancer and HIV/AIDS and for muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis.

The price of the drug Colchicine has soared from 10 cents to almost $5 a pill, and as Dr. Jon LaPook reports, it could happen with hundreds of other medications.

Instead of simply blocking HIV from replicating, a new drug in trial stages causes it to mutate. If it works, it could eventually fully eliminate HIV in people who have the disease, freeing them from a lifetime of drugs. HIV is big business

In the next 14 months, 7 of the world's 20 best selling drugs will be available in generic form, dramatically slashing the cost for patients but also decimating sales for the drug companies that created them. Ben Tracy reports

Smoking is still bad for you, but tobacco may have finally been redeemed. Cigarettes cause a nearly endless amount of health problems--heart disease, lung cancer, and asthma are just a few of the more common issues triggered by the tobacco-filled sticks

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--A high-school student from Fort Worth, Texas, won top honors July 11 at the first annual Google Science Fair for her project on drug resistance in ovarian cancer. Shree Bose, 17, investigated the connection between an enzyme called AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.

The FDA is beginning two days of hearings on the possible withdrawal of its approval of the drug Avastin for treating breast cancer. Dr

It’s not news that tobacco’s bad for your health--nearly half a million Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses every year. And among people who abuse drugs and alcohol, more than three-quarters use tobacco, which means tobacco is still the leading killer of the drug-dependent, not hard drugs. [More]

Actress sues for libel, seeking more than $50 million in damages, over cover that featured the headline "Katie DRUG SHOCKER!"