Here, read findings based on clinical studies and medical research which focus on prenatal drug exposure and its short-term and long-term effects. Learn about how methamphetamine, cocaine, and alcohol can cause problems for developing...

Gives several types of medications for children along with the dosages prescribed and the possible side effects.

This series of video lectures (in brief clips) and personal accounts stress the importance of drug adherence for patients on drug regimens for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

An interactive, self-guided lesson on how medicine prevents and cures disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well diagrams to help with understanding. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

A series of slide show presentations about the treatment of infectious disease. Each focuses on one aspect of fighting bacteria. Also included are interactive animations illustrating body functions and how medicines work.

Students learn about how medicines work in the body, and find out some information about dosing and packaging. The challenge is for student teams must produce a number of boxes to be used as packaging for a new medicine. Then they must...

This site gives detailed profiles of over a thousand prescription drugs for a range of health conditions. Information included in each profile includes important facts, side effects, warnings, and more.

Watch the story of Ellie, a girl who feel ill, falls asleep, and dreams about how medicine is made. Her slumber journey takes her from her doctor's office to the scientists who discover new medicines. A follow-up sequencing activity is...

This interactive is a 3D model of dasatinib, "a drug that can inhibit BCR-ABL and Gleevec-resistant BCR-ABL". The site also contains files that can be downloaded for 3D printing.

In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about clinical trials and how they are an example of epidemiological study designs. You will also be introduced to case control, ecological, cohort, and cross-sectional studies.

Patenting a new drug helps finance its immense cost to develop- but that same patent can put advanced treatments out of reach for sick people in developing nations, at deadly cost. Ellen 't Hoen talks about an elegant, working solution...

A comprehensive look at common drugs, including a link to each drug where you can find research reports, infofacts, publications, and notes.

This website explores the beneficial relationship of psychopharmacology and the management of aggression and irritability. Mentions types of medication.

Examine the history of the Golden Age of Medicine in America from the 1930s through the 1960s. Use photographs, primary sources, essays, and the suggested questions to trace the advances made in drugs, technology, and the delivery of...

Get the facts on the use and abuse of performance enhancing substances in sports. Includes toolkits, contest information, fact sheets, and other resources.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the pharmaceutical business. Learn about everything from medicine research and development to human resource concerns for a drug manufacturing company. Some interactive illustrations and suggested...

Organized into several very brief sections, this website from Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a good overview of the designer drug called ecstasy. Learn what the slang names of this drug are and how the drug affects the body and...

Sara Garofalo explains how some drugs can alter the communication between cells in the brain.

As a psychological disease, drug addiction is a medical problem with psychological and physiological components. Pharmacological treatments and therapy such as AAA are examined.

An overview of hallucinogens and their effect on the human body when used medically and abused.

This lesson will define over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and prescription medicines and the similarities and differences between them. This lesson will also introduce the OTC Drug Facts label and discuss how to use medicine responsibly.

This lesson explores ethical issues around ownership of scientific and human DNA information. Students learn about the benefits and risks of new drugs, and related ethical matters, and what the concerns are about sharing of genetic...

The government health site for the state of Alaska. Includes information on alcoholism & drug abuse, medical assistance, public health, etc.

Explore the issues surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court case related to medical marijuana use. Make conclusions on how the proposed law could jeopardize all federal drug laws and whether this should be a federal or state issue.