The flow of un-swallowed saliva from the mouth, normal in children up to about age 1. In babies 3 to...

A drug that controls nausea and vomiting and stimulates appetite. Dronabinol (Marinol) is used to treat or prevent nausea and...

A group of symptoms that often follow a heart attack or open-heart surgery. People who have had a heart attack...

A series of thoughts, emotions, or images experienced during sleep as real events. Most dreams are visual, but they can...

A drug used as an eye drop to treat glaucoma. Dorzolamide (Trusopt) lowers eye pressure.  

An herbal medicine derived from the root of angelica, a kind of wild celery, used to treat menstrual and menopausal...

A drug used to treat atrial fibrillation or flutter; an antiarrhythmic agent. Dofetilide (Tikosyn) tries to normalize a person's heartbeat...

A laxative. Docusate sodium (Colace, Senokot) softens stool to facilitate elimination for a person who should not strain, such as...

An anticancer drug. Docetaxel (Taxotere) is given intravenously to treat advanced breast cancer that has spread (metastasized). Docetaxel works by...

The use of DNA fingerprinting to identify suspects in criminal proceedings. Just as they collect fingerprints, criminal investigators routinely take...