Medicine
Is Medicine Overrated?
Given medicine’s poor record, physicians should prescribe and patients consume far fewer medications, a new book argues...
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Medicine
How to Fight “Eroom’s Law”
Human organs on a chip might be able to cure what ails pharma R&D
The Psychedelics Evangelist: A German Financier Wants to Turn Magic Mushrooms into Modern Medicine
One company the entrepreneur invests in wants to develop psilocybin in a lab—so no need to extract it from mushrooms
Medicine
Meta-Post: Posts on Cancer
Cross-Check columns on cancer and related topics...
Medicine
Some Hot Dog Histology
A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports.
Public Health
Cannabis Could Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
Not alone, but it could be part of the solution
Democrats Divided on “Medicare for All” in First Debate
Senator Elizabeth Warren and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio were the only candidates in the first night in favor of eliminating private insurance
Medicine
A Streamlined Pathway to Drug Approval
My son's case shows that an emphasis on patient experience data could foster drug development breakthroughs
Fitness
How Does Insulin Work in Our Bodies?
What is insulin and how do our bodies use it?
Two-for-One: Chickenpox Vaccine Lowers Shingles Risk in Children
Immunization reduces the likelihood of a painful reemergence of the virus in kids
Fed Up with Washington, ALS Advocates Consider ACT UP’s Take-No-Prisoners Approach
Patients want drugs fast-tracked through FDA approval process
Is $2.1 Million Too Much for a Drug? For Affected Parents, There Is No Debate
Similarly effective drugs in the pipeline will also be gauged against their enormous price tags
New Finding Advances the Search for a Universal Flu Vaccine
Antibodies to a portion of the influenza virus that varies relatively little from strain to strain may provide flu protection in humans
Is Pot Any Good for Treating Pain?
The data are spotty, but there’s still a reasonable case to be made
At First-Ever Public Hearing on CBD, FDA and Advocates Try to Blaze Trail to Regulatory Compromise
Agency officials press sometimes confused stakeholders for more data. Is it possible to define a “more effective CBD cosmetic?”
Mole Rat Pain Resistance Could Point the Way to New Analgesics
A novel mechanism has been discovered in the bucktoothed rodents’ ability to withstand hurt
Medicine
Cancer Research Points to Key Unknowns about Popular “Antiaging” Supplements
The health promises of boosting an important metabolic molecule may be clouded by its possible role in promoting cancer-cell growth
Medicine
Are Nutritional Supplements a Waste of Money?
The FDA is stepping up its oversight of the $50 billion nutritional supplement industry
Cannabis Compound Eases Anxiety and Cravings of Heroin Addiction
Cannabidiol reduces levels of stress hormone and blunts urge to use opioids
Medicine
The Next Wave of Immuno-Oncology
A cutting-edge therapy currently used for blood cancers is now being adapted to fight solid tumors
