Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

This week CVSHealth [1] offered $66 billion to purchase Aetna. Let that thought wash over you for just a moment; the corner pharmacy is about to buy the 3rd largest health insurance company, the largest merger of 2017.

The media often uses the words "opioid" and "opiate" interchangeably. However, there are subtle but important differences between them. OPIOID

Actor Sean Hayes of television’s Will & Grace fame disclosed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show he experienced a recent health scare.

Just three business days after receiving the stamp of approval from federal regulators, a more effective shingles vaccine will receive the attention of the Centers for Disease Control on Wednesday, when a vote is expected about recommending its us

Is it possible to get through even one day without reading something about opioids in the headlines? Pretty much, no. So, I would have ignored this one except for two reasons.

Being a physician in the role of a patient’s family member can be a particularly challenging experience. You know too much.

Aristolochic acid or its derivatives (AA) have been linked to kidney damage — sometimes severe enough to require kidney transplants, as we've described here

Where is the best state to practice medicine?

In the unlikely event that your "people who are talking out of their ass" list is growing too short, fear not. Help is on the way.

The body likes things like oxygen to go where it is designed to go.