“Transitioning insomnia care for older adults away from long-term sedative use and toward cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia can be achieved using a mailed, direct-to-patient approach,” wrote ...

ST. LOUIS -- Despite a shortage of lethal-injection drugs, two of the nation's most active death-penalty states have quietly carried on with executions by turning to pentobarbital, a powerful sedative ...

Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot ...

Older adults who were deprescribed sedatives after hospital discharges were 61% less likely to have adverse drug events within 30 days of leaving the hospital. That is according to a report published ...

Taking benzodiazepines or Z-drugs during pregnancy does not increase the risk of ADHD, autism, or other mental health disorders in children, according to a new study. A large study from South Korea ...

The prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic and anti-anxiety medications in adolescents and young adults has increased sharply since 2001, according to researchers.

A large South Korean study published by The BMJ finds no increased risk of psychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, in children whose mothers used sedative drugs ...

Intubations are a common medical practice in which doctors insert a tube into the trachea to hold the airway open for patients who cannot breathe effectively due to illness or trauma-related injuries.

Dental anxiety can be so extreme for some patients that a simple cotton swab on the gums makes them flinch, and other patients, fearful of pain, simply avoid seeing the dentist, according to the ...

The alleged misuse of painkillers and sedative medicines has surfaced across the district, with reports indicating that some youths are using these drugs as intoxicants. According to information, ...

I love visiting the vet with my cat. But, like many cats, sometimes she needs medicine to keep her calm. I talked about that with my friend Lais Malavasi. She’s a veterinarian at Washington State ...