Medicine
911 Emergency Response System Significantly Reduced U.S. Murder Rate, Says Study
More than a 34 percent to 56 percent decrease in homicides attributed to the 911 systems
Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall: Incidence Declines for Men and Remains Steady for Women
Good news: Cancer mortality rate has dropped from its peak of 215.1 (per 100,000 population) in 1991 to 166.4 in 2012.
Time to Declare Aging a Disease and Get On with Curing It: New at Reason
Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.
Two New Studies Find Psilocybin Relieves Cancer Patients' Anxiety and Depression
A single dose of the banned psychedelic led to large and lasting psychological improvements.
FDA Approves Final Stage of MDMA Drug Trials
Banned in 1985, the "empathogen" could be legally available as a psychotherapeutic catalyst as soon as 2021.
The BMJ Joins The Lancet in Supporting Drug Legalization
The venerable British medical journal urges governments to "investigate more effective alternatives to criminalisation of drug use and supply."
Criticism Has Delayed a Kratom Ban but Probably Won't Prevent It
The DEA's backtracking underlines the arbitrariness of the government's pharmacological taboos.
Canadian Company Offers DNA Preservation Service
Because why stop at preserving the memory of a loved one?
The DEA's Contrived Kratom Crisis
The agency's ban on the pain-relieving leaf shows how arbitrary the government's pharmacological taboos are.
California Becomes 32nd State to Pass "Right to Try" Law for Terminally Ill
Terminally ill patients in Golden State will now be able to legally use medicines not yet out of the FDA's approval process that might help them.
Medical Marijuana Replaces More Dangerous Drugs
A new study adds to the evidence that letting patients use cannabis saves lives by reducing consumption of pharmaceuticals.
Medical Marijuana Seems to Reduce Deaths From Pharmaceuticals
A new study adds to the evidence that patients are substituting marijuana for opioids.
After Banning Kratom, DEA Says It Might Be a Useful Medicine
"Our goal is to make sure this is available," a spokesman says.
How To Build a Better EpiPen—or Something Totally Different That's Much Better
Drug company Mylan is able to charge monopoly prices due to government regulation, not free-market forces.
When Medicine Serves the Police: A Cautionary Tale from Burning Man
Last year a woman went into respiratory failure when a medic shot her with ketamine to help cops subdue her.
Want to Reduce the Price of EpiPens? Approve Some Competition!
Capitalism isn't to blame. It's the exact opposite.
The Case for Compensating Bone-Marrow Donors
Short dramatic film from Institute for Justice lays out the case for paying the people who give marrow, organs, and more.
DEA Concession Means Marijuana Could Be Approved As a Medicine
With NIDA as the only legal source of cannabis for research, meeting FDA requirements was impossible.
Crony Capitalism is a Feature (Not a Bug) of Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has always been an alliance of big business and big government.
Michael Phelps's Back Spots Deserve a Gold Medal in Pseudoscience
Has the entire U.S. Olympic team fallen for the superstition of cupping?
Woman Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted by Drug Warriors Gets $1.6 Million
After a dog supposedly alerted to her at a border crossing, she endured six hours of fruitless body cavity searches.
The Hillbilly Epidemiologists
Before the medical professionals figured out what was causing an outbreak, country and blues musicians were on the case.
Americans Are Living Healthier Longer
Nearly 2 years more of disability-free life expectancy
Deepak Chopra Blames Donald Trump For Making the Guru Call the Billionaire "Retarded"
Whether he's right about the GOP presidential nominee, Chopra has a lot of explaining to do about why his brand of medicine gets taxpayer support.
One Company Fought the FDA and Won. What That Victory Means for Medicine.
Vascular Solutions CEO Howard Root faced years of jail time in a legal battle over off-label use that has profound implications for medical innovation in America.
6 Cool Innovations That Are Making the World a Better Place
Reason's choice of SXSW's innovator awards
CDC Prescription Guidelines Will Leave More Patients in Pain and Drive More Addicts to Heroin
To shrink the supply of opioids, the agency encourages doctors to be suspicious and stingy.
First U.S. Uterus Transplant - Bioethicists Wring Hands
Why should not men be eligible for uterine transplants?
Gay Men in the U.K. Have to Lie to Get Access to Gov't-Controlled HIV Meds
England's National Health Service years behind in understanding treatment needs.
Broken Science
What happens when cancer doctors, psychologists, and drug developers can't rely on each other's research?
Tennessee Latest State to Consider Over-the-Counter Birth Control
States are moving to make contraception more accessible, with the charge being led by Republican men.
CancerMoonShot2020: "Perhaps the most important scientific initiative undertaken in human history"
New collaboration announced to use precision medicine techniques to cure cancer
Bioethics: Standing Athwart Science, Yelling 'Whoa'*
I'm a bioethicist, and I am here to help slow down scientific and medical progress
Should Terminal Patients Be Allowed to Try Experimental Drugs?
"Right to try" laws offer hope for people trying to save their own lives.
U.S. Gov Spends Billions on Diabetes Research, But Scientists Already Know the Cure
Millions of people could shake Type 2 diabetes if they just lost some weight.
Do Pot and Pregnancy Mix?
The evidence concerning marijuana's effect on fetuses is mixed and incomplete.
Using Marijuana During Pregnancy Does Not Make A Mother Unfit
The evidence does not support the claim that cannabis poses an unacceptable risk to fetuses.
Magistrate Snatches Newborn From Mother Who Used Cannabis Tea for Pain Relief
County social workers said separating the newborn from her parents would be harmful.
Prescribing Patients the Drugs They Want Is Not Murder
A California doctor's conviction is bound to have a chilling effect on pain treatment.
U.S. Death Rate Decline Has Slowed
And still the ultimate death rate remains frustratingly stuck at 100 percent.
