Only recently has conversation about access to new drugs been moving to acknowledging the need for a community debate about affordability as well. pixxiestails, CC BY-NC By Sally Wortley, University…

Human papillomavirus is a virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine can prevent 70 percent of those. A new study by University of Texas Medical Branch at…

Over 10 percent of patients using aspirin therapy for primary cardiovascular disease prevention shouldn't be doing so, according to a recent paper.  They were likely either inappropriately…

Autism spectrum disorders affect 1 percent of children in the United States and hundreds of genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in increasing the risk.  Scientists have…

A new white paper finds little to no evidence for the effectiveness of opioid drugs in the treatment of long-term chronic pain, despite the explosive recent growth in the use of such drugs.  The…

By Josh Bloom and Henry Miller The development of new drugs is among the riskiest of business ventures. It now takes 10-15 years for a pharmaceutical company to get a new drug approved, and on…

It is well-known that “huffing” - inhaling organic solvents or propellants to achieve a “high” - is extremely dangerous, but less well known is that newer replacement products primarily used by…

Sometimes in life you simply don't have any great choices. Ask any New York baseball fan. Or football. Or basketball. Good thing we don't have shuffleboard.  Perhaps, an even more painful…

A small pilot study has shown that most of the children in a new oral immunotherapy treatment program were able to eat 100 grams of wheat bread without side effects, a promising way to mitigate the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently warned that statins could affect the memory, attention span and other cognitive abilities of people who it drug to control high cholesterol. Despite…