New drug could be safer, non-addictive alternative to morphine

Posted: 28 Jan 2016 03:00 AM PST

Researchers at Tulane University and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System have developed a painkiller that is as strong as morphine but isn't likely to be addictive and with fewer side effects, according to a new study in the journal Neuropharmacology.

Most top-selling, over-the-counter sexual treatments unproven, some could be harmful

Posted: 11 Jan 2016 01:00 AM PST

From horny goat weed to ginseng and maca, over-the-counter dietary supplements sold to improve male sexual health contain a wide variety of "natural" ingredients. Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reviewed the scientific evidence for the most common ingredients to determine if they are effective - and most importantly - safe.