Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

The early 1990s were known as the dark days of AIDS. After more than a decade of intensive research, the death rate from HIV infection remained at 100%.

"I can read the writing on the wall. So, Mama don't take my Kodachrome away"   Paul Simon, 1973 Since when did medications become a no-no?

I've decided not to watch any of the presidential debates because I just can't take it. If a politician isn't saying something stupid, he or she is saying something insulting. Oftentimes, it's both.

Just what we don't need. Another anti-opioid (pro-pain) zealot spreading the false gospel. But we have one anyhow - US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D.  On July 3rd Dr. Adams Tweeted the following:

The New York Times' coverage of the so-called "opioid crisis" (1) has been generally dreadful, but I was still surprised with a new article by Gina Kolata - the paper's science reporter - entitled "

Abbvie is buying Allergan – but not for its antibiotic franchise.  They are more interested in Botox and other esthetic produ

Today's Wall Street Journal article entitled "Overdose Deaths Likely to Fall for First Time Since 1990" will certainly garner a lot of

According to the World Health Organization, there are vaccines available to prevent 26 infectious diseases.

It is not surprising that pharmaceutical companies have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the implementation of the FDA’s new regulations regarding pricing information in direct to consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising.

According to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, “there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”