The ED50 is the median effective dose—the dose of a drug that is required to produce a specific effect (e.g., relief from headache) in 50 percent of a given population. The ED50 can be estimated from a dose-effect curve, where the dose of the...

Medication is a medicine, drug or other substance used to prevent or cure disease or to relieve pain. Medication, a word more widely used to mean the act of administering...

My first exposure to the world of "street medics" was during a protest of the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement in Quebec City. I was standing in the middle of a plaza with a friend when a canister of pepper spray landed...

Medical BRIEFING Monday, January 8, 2001 Brain activity similarities noted Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have found a similarity between the brain activity of an addict craving cocaine and a non-addict craving sex. Using functional magnetic resonance...

The party was held down the hall from the morgue. The color scheme was purple, to denote mourning. The chitchat over hors d'oeuvres was about really interesting autopsies. And the guests included crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, who was the life of the party, even if...

With aging, it's become a routine faithfully endured by the Guffords. Each day starts with a blood sugar check and a shot of insulin. Then a couple of pills, maybe mashed into a bowl of tuna and canned carrots. Mixed with dry chow. All for...