medicine

Patently insane: How Big Pharma gouges drug prices

Japan looks to replace China as the primary source of critical metals

Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.

They’re fun, so why not? Well, maybe because they’re often inscrutable.

A new study flies in the face of anecdotal evidence and raises questions about how we read data.

A tech-minded approach to drug fraud could squash those who enable the deadly opioid crisis.

The quick test would be a breakthrough in cancer treatment.

Walgreens now competes with Amazon and CVS in the race to dominate the prescription delivery market.

Swiss researchers identify new dangers of modern cocaine.

Here are the leading solutions to antibiotic resistance, the next major global health threat.

In a study that might enable earlier diagnosis, neuroscientists find abnormal brain connections that can predict onset of psychotic episodes.

There is a lot of hope in the healing powers of CBD. Unfortunately there’s way more hype.

Electrons show chemists how to see more with less.

Pfizer’s Susan Silbermann explains the superhuman effort involved in getting vaccines to the people who need them most.

Pfizer’s partnerships strengthen their ability to deliver vaccines in developing countries.

Is microdosing magic truffles a way to unlock your creative potential? That’s long been anecdotal, but the evidence is coming.

How psilocybin evolved has more to do with sending insects on terrifying trips than it does making Phish sound good.

Tiny and efficient, these biodegradable single cells show promise as a way to target hard-to-reach cancers.

Some opioid addicts are flying outside of the U.S. for addiction treatment using the psychedelic drug ibogaine. It has yet to be studied comprehensively, and it comes with its own set of risks.

With the approval of a childhood epilepsy medication the federal government can no longer claim marijuana has no medical benefit.

Achieving good health and well-being around the world is critical to the company’s mission

MIT professor Robert Langer is a prolific American inventor in medicine. His advice? Don’t follow the money, do meaningful work.

Scientists in Japan have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs containing an extremely valuable protein that helps treat cancer, hepatitis and multiple sclerosis in humans. The cost of one of […]

Quarantines are worth the trouble to keep the next pandemic at bay but they need to be applied intelligently.

Many of our greatest fears stem from uncertainty about the future, and technology has made the future very uncertain indeed.

How does Alzheimer’s disease work?

Homeopathic manufacturers take advantage of sick and vulnerable populations in criminal ways—and the FDA is, after much absence, starting to crack down.

An international team of researchers claims to have found a major cause of dementia – an incurable brain disease.

Researchers are studying the use of sperm cells as micromotors for delivering chemotherapy to cervical cancer patients.