One upside of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has become much easier to see a doctor, if...
Drugs and technology
Colorado legalizes medicinal psychedelics
Olivia Goldhill writes for Stat NewsStat News on Colorado’s legalization of psychedelics...
Drug industry funnels money to Republican candidates who deny...
Ed Silverman reports for Stat News on pharmaceutical companies’ support for Republican candidates...
Telehealth companies prescribe ketamine online at some risk to...
Stat News reports on a rise in ketamine prescriptions via telehealth companies and the risk these...
Almost all states permit the sale of products containing the...
You might not know it, but even if you live in a state in which weed is illegal, you likely can...
You can now buy hearing aids at the drugstore
Finally, the day has come when you can buy hearing aids at the drugstore, as well as Walmart and...
New Alzheimer’s drug shows promise at slowing cognitive...
Damien Garde and Adam Feuerstein report for Stat News on likely FDA approval of a new drug to treat...
For people with heart disease, polypills save lives
Heart disease is the number one killer. But, people who take their heart medicines are likely to...
Will Rx provisions in the IRA disappoint?
Michael Hiltzik writes for the Los Angeles Times about the prescription drug provisions in the...
One in seven diabetics struggle to pay for insulin
About nine percent of Americans–30 million people in the US–have diabetes. A new Yale...