Inactive Ingredients, Active Risks
The inactive ingredients in medicines can pose risks. Who is watching over this corner of the pharmaceutical world?
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Pirates Needed Science, Too
On International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here's an eye-patch-witness account of how science helps in all peg-leg walks of life, even piracy
Precision Medicine Comes of Age
After years of research, therapies tailored to the genomes of individual patients are reaching maturity
Too Good to Be True? A Nonaddictive Opioid without Lethal Side Effects Shows Promise
A still-experimental drug demonstrates the qualities of an ideal painkiller in a test in monkeys
Why Haven't We Cured the Common Cold Yet?
Researchers think they’re close to a cure for the common cold, but they first need to solve a complex problem that’s perplexed scientists for decades
The So-Called Right to Try Law Gives Patients False Hope
A new law to let dying patients access unapproved drugs raises false hope
Should Fatal Opioid-Related Drug Overdoses Be Classified as Suicides?
New research suggests it is time for a categorization change
Why Is Glioblastoma, the Cancer That Killed John McCain, So Deadly?
Most people diagnosed with the disease survive less than two years
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims about "Microdosing"
Could psychedelics lead to improved antidepressant or antianxiety therapies?
Keeping Dirt Out of Your Drugs
We take for granted the purity of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. But they are not always safe. What stands between us and impure medicines?
N.Y.U. Medical School Students Will Get Free Tuition
The move could have benefits far beyond one medical school
An Entirely New Type of Antidepressant Targets Postpartum Depression
A novel drug is intended to help women who suffer from depression after childbirth
Advances in Treating Hep C Lead to New Option for Transplant Patients
People infected with the once-deadly virus can now be donors
Gene-Silencing Technology Gets First Drug Approval after 20-Year Wait
The U.S. FDA decision comes after fits and stops for RNA-interference therapies
Doctors Prescribe Fewer Opioids after Learning of Patient Deaths
Clinicians were contacted about fatal overdoses
War Zone Complicates Ebola Vaccine Rollout in Latest Outbreak
Health workers must plan vaccination effort amidst fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Parkinson's Drugs Aimed at Rare Gene Mutation Show Promise for Other Sufferers, Too
Shutting down an overactive enzyme could become a general treatment, rather than one solely intended for the few who inherit a mutated Parkinson’s gene
Out with the Bad Science
NPR science journalist Richard Harris talks about his book, Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope and Wastes Billions.
Newly Discovered Cell Type May Fuel Cystic Fibrosis
The surprising insight could provide foundation for future cure
Mouth Sets Healing Standard
Certain proteins that coordinate the healing response are present at higher levels in oral tissue—meaning wounds in the mouth fix faster. Christopher Intagliata reports.
