According to a new study in JAMA, there is no evidence that the majority of the U.S. Food and Drug...
Drugs and technology
Top drugs in U.S. now three times more expensive than in U.K.
You’re not imagining it. Drug prices in the United States continue to escalate at lightning...
Three big problems with “21st Century Cures” bill
U.S. Representatives Fred Upton and Diana Degette have a plan for getting drugs to market more...
Smart pills win FDA approval to promote medication compliance
It is projected that only about half of people today take the medications that they are prescribed...
Don’t assume you can diagnose what’s wrong with you...
With all kinds of seemingly trustworthy web sites and apps easy to access, more than one third of...
Hi-tech goggles allow doctors to see cancer cells
In the what-will-they-come-up-with-next department, a new goggle technology allows doctors to see...
When will we begin 3D printing human organs?
With 18 Americans dying each day waiting for an organ transplant, there’s a clear need for more...
Drug and device companies paid $6.5 billion to doctors and...
The latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services show that drug and device...
New data on Medicare drug spending reveals Nexium is the biggest...
New 2013 data on Medicare drug spending from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tells...
Could robots keep older adults engaged and happy?
Lots of work is underway to design robots that help older adults in a wide range of ways. And...