A consumer advocacy group petitioned the government Thursday to pull the birth-control patch off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill.
A pioneer in the fight against tobacco and the co-inventor of the nicotine patch, Murray Jarvik, died this week of congestive heart failure, the University of California said Saturday. He was 84.
CLEVELAND, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have determined the prolonged use of a transdermal patch is safe and effective for the treatment of ADHD in children 6-12 years old.
... was the addictive factor in tobacco and invented the nicotine patch for smokers trying to quit, died Thursday ...
A manufacturer of heat therapy patches used to relieve muscle pain is recalling certain of its products after some consumers reported skin irritation and burns.
Use of hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of gallbladder disease but the effects are less with HRT given in skin patches or gels compared with HRT given orally, according to a new study.
... for cardiac monitoring. The innovative ECG patch is intended to monitor single-lead ECG in daily ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer patients will soon be able to use a medication patch to ease the debilitating nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy....
... and human performance will examine how well sweat patches the size of adhesive strips can detect levels ...
... suspected of contact dermatitis are often referred for patch testing, in which skin is exposed to various allergens ... between the frequency of individual positive reactions to allergen patch tests in children and adults; children were more likely ...
... nodes in larger networks of interconnected habitat patches. According to the study, published yesterday in Ecography, sets ... network, spatially explicit analyses of how the sum of the patches contributes to species dynamics on the level of landscapes ...
Sets of small and seemingly insignificant habitat patches that are within reach for mobile species may under ...
... and GPs. They found that taking HRT by wearing transdermal patches - so bypassing the liver – may be better for women ... for women in menopause is eat less, move more and if you're on HRT, consider transdermal patches ...
The behind-the-scenes story of the secrets hidden in the shuttle Endeavour crew's STS-126 mission patch.
A Russian schoolgirl has won an art contest to design a space station patch.
