Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Of the multitude of problems associated with developing new antibiotics, finding a way to provide financial incentives to companies doing the research is especially crucial. This is because antibiotics are not used like other drugs.

I was a clumsy child and had more than my fair share of bumps and knocks. As a result, I was the recipient of a considerable amount of repetitive advice to “rub it better”.

In an ironic twist, after recently writing about an insensitive sketch entitled “Saturday Night Live” Skit Mocks Infertility, it was just

Cancer treatment is generally thought of as location based - targeting the cells in a lump or tumor by removing them completely and/or through chemotherapy or radiation.

When we think of the word cure, we think of it as the end when, in fact, it is often the end of a beginning.

With Memorial Day weekend and peak drowning season upon us, there is no better time than the present to debunk some myths about how we drown. And, it isn’t how you would think.

Two decades after new antibiotic research came to a screeching halt, we find ourselves in a gigantic mess. Hardly a day goes by without a news story about "superbugs"—multi-drug resistant bacteria, and how difficult it is to kill them.

A new article in JAMA isn't going to make either knee specialists or their patients very happy. And that "cortisone shot" you're scheduled to get?

The decision to undergo gastric band surgery is a difficult one in itself to make. But findings from a new study have now made that decision even tougher, because an additional surgery – or two, or three, or more – may also be necessary.

Without fail, when the topic of water birth resurfaces in the media it is often done so irresponsibly. The latest recurrence doesn’t fail to disappoint.