Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

With the end of the government shutdown and the beginning of Congressional posturing on the rising costs of medications, the news cycle is again full of truly upsetting tales of how the cost of insulin is harming patients and their families.

Wikipedia has a list of more than 500 defunct magazines.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about new approaches to antibacterial therapy. But I keep going back to some old family history.

If there is a more studied food or beverage than coffee I sure can't think of it. Here are some of the health claims you'll find sprinkled around the Internet - prevention or treatment of:

An opinion piece by Robert Popovian, the vice president of Pfizer U.S. Government Relations. ###

Big Pharma is tough to love.

"Odds of dying from accidental opioid overdose in the US surpass those of dying in car accident"

The high cost of prescription drugs is a source of universal frustration.

How often do you hear of someone using their spouse’s antibiotic medication that was prescribed for a prior illness but not entirely if ever used? Or, a teen sharing her friend’s birth control pills?

When writing about foods, in particular, I have often suggested that how the food is produced makes little difference; an organic apple is as nutritious as a conventionally farmed one.