Why Morphine Matters
It's the most significant chemical substance our species has ever encountered.
Medicine
Truvada: Chill Pill or Party Drug?
A new method of HIV prevention leads to old-school sex-shaming
Why Americans Can't Have Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills
Those with standing to challenge the pill's prescription status also gain from keeping it that way.
Tort Reform: Should Lawmakers Cap Medical Malpractice Damages?
The Florida Supreme Court draws new attention to a systemic problem.
Kerry Kennedy Found Not Guilty in Drugged Driving Case
Daughter of Robert Kennedy accused of getting behind the wheel after taking Ambien
Should Parents Be Allowed To Know Their Fetus Will Get Alzheimer's?
The moral case for designer babies
Government Says You Can't Overcome Addiction, Contrary to What Government Research Shows
Why does the National Institute on Drug Abuse contradict its own research?
Stem Cell Researchers Claim "Major Scientific Discovery"
Have shown stem cells can be made by dropping blood cells into acid
Grieving Woman Who Has Been Hospitalized Against Her Will is Being Billed
Says she is not ill
Bernie Madoff Has Heart Attack in Prison
Serving 150 year prison sentence for orchestrating largest Ponzi scheme in American history
FDA Warns Against High-Dosage Acetaminophen
Concerns about potential liver damage
Consumers Should Drive Medicine
David Goldhill on America's deadly, dysfunctional health care system
Obama Administration Proposes Removing 'Protected' Status for Some Medicare Drugs
Antidepressants, antipsychotics and drugs used to help with organ transplants
Ex-Okla. City Doctor Charged with Murders for Drug Overdose Deaths
Nine deaths from allegedly excessively high prescriptions
An Increasing Number of Seniors Are Caring For Each Other
29 percent of direct-care workers are projected to be at least 55 year old by 2018
Drug Designed to Treat Epilepsy May Also Block HIV
Researchers want to try it on people
FDA Warns ADHD Drug May Cause Painful Erections
That will certainly focus one's attention
Gene Therapy Yields Encouraging Results in Experimental Leukemia Treatment
Cells engineered to attack cancer
The FDA Stifles the Advance of Modern Molecular Medicine
Wall Street Journal review of the new book, The Cure in the Code, by Peter Huber
A Miracle Drug Cured Ed Levitt of Stage IV Lung Cancer. Then the FDA Withdrew it From the Market.
The FDA must adapt to the new age of personalized medicine.
Court Rejects Doctor's Appeal of Pain Pill-Related Conviction
Sentenced to four life terms for overdose deaths of patients
