Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

With the weaponizing of presidential health taking center stage throughout the election and beyond, culminating in the most transparent press conference ever regarding the subject (see

The flu is the lead story on the evening news and on the front page of newspapers.

How can you not hate the term "Nanny State?" It's *so* overused and trite. Even the people who want one probably prefer to call it something else. But, in this case, I can't come up with a better alternative.

If you ever need a reminder about how difficult it is to discover new drugs or vaccines, here it is.

Before beginning my story, let’s review a little bit about influenza vaccines.

Two decades ago Africa was considered to be a lost cause. The continent was being decimated by AIDS (as well as "normal" fatal infections like malaria) and there seemed to be no way to slow, let alone stop this new, unprecedented epidemic.

There is more evidence mounting to an already robust knowledge database that a man’s erectile dysfunction (ED) can be linked to a higher rate of cardiovascular (CV) events.

Sepsis is an overwhelming infection that can lead to organ failure and death. It is a big problem.

This flu season is turning out to be very bad, something that my colleague Dr. Julianna LeMieux has been covering.

With bomb cyclones, blizzard conditions and a polar vortex prompting school closures and other restrictions, it would seem an optimal time to detail cold-related illnesses and deaths for the purposes of prevention. But, been there, done that.