Adverse drug events are more common in older people with comorbidities, a new study finds. Factors that are independently linked with adverse drug events are being female, taking more drugs daily, ...

A new study co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in operations management finds that drugs approved ...

Preventable adverse drug events associated with inpatient injectable medications affect approximately 1.2 million hospitalizations annually and result in $600,000 in extra costs per hospital annually, ...

Among adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the outpatient setting, broad-spectrum antibiotics vs macrolide monotherapy were associated with an increased risk for adverse drug events.

A new commission will investigate the prevalence of SSRI antidepressants as adverse event reports document hundreds of cases of homicidal ideation and homicide. A newly released analysis of FDA ...

Nearly 25% of hospital admissions included at least one adverse event, as indicated from data from 2809 admissions at 11 hospitals. The 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study (HMPS), which focused on ...

The assessment of causation for a potential drug interaction requires thoughtful consideration of the properties of both the object and precipitant drugs, patient-specific factors, and the possible ...

Channel 2 Action News has learned that the FDA is now alerting veterinarians about reports of health problems in dogs – including hundreds of deaths – tied to a drug for arthritis pain. The FDA ...