For the medications that you think of as prescription, you do. In other cases, a prescription medication works in a different way than what you can buy over the counter. Another difference might ...

Should I Give My Child Cough Medicine? Over-the-counter (OTC) cough suppressants are generally not effective for young children, and the FDA has recommended that children under age 2 should not ...

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

John “Jack” Hemphill, a program manager in the Rutgers Office of Population Health and co-convenor of Asthma Corps, said the ...

Tylenol or Advil? Can I use a kitchen teaspoon to measure medicine? A local pharmacist gives important answers as flu and cold season gets underway.