It has been about forty years since the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a drug especially for treating lupus.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

They say the drug should be tested on thousands more people, including those in different risk, age and ethnic groups.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

The gel contains tenofovir. This is a common anti-retroviral drug used to treat people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

But Rodolfo Lopez-Negrete says there are still many areas untouched by the crime and violence of the drug trade.

VOA: special.2011.06.13

These included questions from Rwandan students about subjects like drug use, H.I.V./AIDS and girls in school who get pregnant.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Researchers studied more than one hundred fifty patients whose condition had failed to improve after taking at least one drug.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Last July,the Food and Drug Administration advised manufacturers to add what are called physical chemical identifiers to their medicines.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Researchers say they have found a way to extend the storage life of a drug used to treat H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

Last year, another drug company,Sanaria, won a Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Early Stage Vaccine for its malaria vaccine.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Now,Gardasil's maker,Merck, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug for boys beginning at age nine.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The anti-malarial drug Chloroquine was widely used until recent years when the malaria parasite became resistant to the drug.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

In two thousand seven, the Food and Drug Administration approved Lyrica as the first drug specifically for the disease.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

Now,Paul Wyatt says a drug based on the research could be ready for testing in humans within eighteen months.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

A newly reported British study suggests that taking another drug with a small amount of aspirin may help solve the problem.

VOA: special.2009.10.20