The osteoporosis drug Fosamax (alendronate) is taken by millions in an attempt to prevent painful bone fractures which may occur with osteoporosis. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in it's January 2, 2009 issue that links Fosamax ...

Merck's popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs may carry a risk for esophageal cancer, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration official said on Wednesday. Diane Wysowski of the FDA's division of drug risk assessment said researchers ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children of mothers who took acid-suppressive drugs during pregnancy had a 1.5 times higher incidence of asthma when compared with children who were not exposed to the drugs in utero, finds a large population-based study by ...

There’s something about digestive difficulties that makes them hard to discuss in polite company — which leaves many of us suffering one problem or another in silence. Yet fixes can be as simple as making informed lifestyle changes or taking over ...