Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

If you've spent any amount of time in the cough and cold section of your pharmacy, you may soon end up in the headache aisle.

In the rich world, cancer therapy is expensive. In the developing world, it may not be available at all. Not only is cutting-edge technology in short supply, but so are things like electricity and medical personnel.

A small study showed promising results for a new app that can detect increased bilirubin levels in one's eyes — an early indicator of pancreatic cancer.

When it comes to cancer breakthroughs, there have not been many announcements as big as the one made this week by the U.S.

It may seem like olden days to millennials, but the late 1970s were a lot like today. America was divided due to an unpopular President, gas was expensive, the movie industry was at death's door ...

Honey and other bee products have a life-giving, almost mystical quality according to alternative medicine practitioners and "back to nature" enthusiasts. In truth, they don't. Bee colonies aren't tiny pharmaceutical companies.

There are tons of mommy forums and mommy blogs that are influential and followed by a great many women. Some provide really great advice, some are humorous and some share stories of triumphs and tribulations.

Pseudoscience is sexy and it sells – big time.  Fraudsters, hucksters, and snake oil salesmen will always be a plague to our society as long as there is a susceptible public. Let's be honest.

A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research entitled, “Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: Is there a role for physician education?” by Schnell and Curry begins with this the question of ho

The myth that "natural is better" is widespread and pernicious. Though it can manifest in relatively harmless ways (e.g., consuming overpriced organic food), the relentless pursuit of all-things natural can be dangerous or even deadly.