Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

I'm not a big fan of TV ads for drugs. They are cloying and sickening, and that's even before you're bombarded by the cyclone of side effects at the end.

The COVID-19 pandemic rages on, in spite of pronouncements to the contrary by President Biden and some media armchair experts. Total hospitalizations in the U.S.

It's bad enough that pharmacies sell "homeopathic remedies" – a contradiction in terms if ever there were one.

Cruising just isn't my thing.

There was never really much doubt that a class of drugs (1) intended to treat depression and anxiety would fail to act as analgesics (painkillers).

I recently wrote about the frequent failures of the "peer-review" system for vetting scientific articles before their publica

Before looking at WHO’s recommendations, it’s worth mentioning that radiation exposure has the greatest effect on the cells that line our digestive tract and the bone marrow that

Gold is an atomic snob. It has nothing but disdain for almost all chemicals that might want to bond with it. With few exceptions, gold – a noble metal (1) – is quite pleased with itself; it doesn't want to change.

Here are the eleven from Nature, plus two bonus picks from me.

Let's start with a rant.