Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

I have written frequently about hepatitis C. First, during my former career in drug discovery research, I spent 10 futile, frustrating years working in this area.

The major problem with chronic disease is that by nature of its indolence, it can become exceedingly easy to ignore – none more so than diabetes.

For those of you who may have been counting on Genocea's GEN-003 to treat or even cure your genital herpes, this is a very bad day.

Bacteria that are resistant to one, multiple or even all known antibiotics, commonly known as superbugs, are one of the leading concerns in the medical and scientific communities. 

(Part 2/2) See: Is Tylenol 'By Far the Most Dangerous Drug Ever Made?'

There is only one shingles prevention vaccine currently on the market.

The drug phobia that now has us firmly in its grip, you know, the "let's restrict everything" mentality, didn't start with Vicodin, Valium, or Ritalin. It began with Sudafed, which contains the drug pseudoephedrine.

Medicare and Medicaid cannot negotiate the cost of drugs – meaning they have to pay whatever a pharmaceutical company charges for their drugs.

Ever wonder if your cabinet is full of expired medication? If so, what can you keep, and what should you toss?  

If you own Johnson and Johnson stock you probably have enough problems on your hands.