Joseph Lange's Campaign against HIV
Seema Yasmin, director of research and education at the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, talks about her book The Impatient Dr. Lange: One Man’s Fight to End the Global HIV Epidemic...
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The Psychedelics Evangelist: A German Financier Wants to Turn Magic Mushrooms into Modern Medicine
One company the entrepreneur invests in wants to develop psilocybin in a lab—so no need to extract it from mushrooms
Some Hot Dog Histology
A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports.
Cannabis Could Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
Not alone, but it could be part of the solution
Democrats Divided on "Medicare for All" in First Debate
Senator Elizabeth Warren and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio were the only candidates in the first night in favor of eliminating private insurance
How Does Insulin Work in Our Bodies?
What is insulin and how do our bodies use it?
Two-for-One: Chickenpox Vaccine Lowers Shingles Risk in Children
Immunization reduces the likelihood of a painful reemergence of the virus in kids
Fed Up with Washington, ALS Advocates Consider ACT UP's Take-No-Prisoners Approach
Patients want drugs fast-tracked through FDA approval process
Is $2.1 Million Too Much for a Drug? For Affected Parents, There Is No Debate
Similarly effective drugs in the pipeline will also be gauged against their enormous price tags
New Finding Advances the Search for a Universal Flu Vaccine
Antibodies to a portion of the influenza virus that varies relatively little from strain to strain may provide flu protection in humans
Is Pot Any Good for Treating Pain?
The data are spotty, but there’s still a reasonable case to be made
At First-Ever Public Hearing on CBD, FDA and Advocates Try to Blaze Trail to Regulatory Compromise
Agency officials press sometimes confused stakeholders for more data. Is it possible to define a “more effective CBD cosmetic?”
Mole Rat Pain Resistance Could Point the Way to New Analgesics
A novel mechanism has been discovered in the bucktoothed rodents’ ability to withstand hurt
Cancer Research Points to Key Unknowns about Popular "Antiaging" Supplements
The health promises of boosting an important metabolic molecule may be clouded by its possible role in promoting cancer-cell growth
Are Nutritional Supplements a Waste of Money?
The FDA is stepping up its oversight of the $50 billion nutritional supplement industry
Cannabis Compound Eases Anxiety and Cravings of Heroin Addiction
Cannabidiol reduces levels of stress hormone and blunts urge to use opioids
Could a Single Live Vaccine Protect against a Multitude of Diseases?
A controversial theory holds that one immunization, given properly, can protect against many diseases besides its target
A Question of Control
Clinical-trial participants and their carers are gaining influence over how experiments are run. As they take to social media, that could make things messy for the science
Measles Outbreaks Follow a Predictable Path—Provided People Get Vaccinated
In the past, measles outbreaks have been brought under control with vaccines, but the dynamic may be shifting
It's Time to End the War on Women's Health
Republican efforts to dismantle U.S. health care unfairly target one gender
