Has the pharmaceutical industry become the Pied Piper of Hamelin–ridding us of lethal diseases only to turn around and “take” our children?

Someone suffering from the frightening chest pain of angina is no doubt ready for a quick fix to make that pain go away. Many angina patients turn to stents for the quickest relief, opting out of drug therapy, which takes…

Almost one in five teens recently surveyed said it’s much easier to purchase prescription drugs than it is to purchase beer, cigarettes, and marijuana. Another 25% of the study participants said marijuana is the easiest party drug to buy. It…

It could be a matter of dilution of the message as the scientific data was reinterpreted and broadcast by journalists everywhere recently when the prestigious Salk Institute for Biological Studies published, in the journal, Cell, a paper describing a drug…

Researchers working from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University have just released the findings of an analytical study they’ve conducted to discover how often parents in the United States are giving their children oral medications formulated to relieve the…

Most of us would have a hard time trying to discern the links between world-class athletes, veterans suffering from physical disabilities,  couch potatoes, and the frail, the elderly, and the obese but researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies…

The dangers of an overdose of prescription medications made headlines around the world when the 28-year-old Australian actor, Heath Ledger, died last January.  A team of sociologists in California have just released the findings of an extensive study in which…

Some medical situations increase the risk of developing dementia as we age but a University of Michigan (UM) study has proven that individuals taking the statin class of drugs to reduce “bad” cholesterol levels did not develop dementia as expected. …

April 21, 2006, was marked by an extreme number of overdoses in Camden, New Jersey, with reports of similar overdose outbreaks coming in from other parts of the state as well as from Maryland, Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia. The Detroit…

Many women delay or avoid getting mammography exams because the process itself can cause a considerable degree of discomfort in some women and others fear the possibility.  Researchers may have discovered a way to come to the rescue.  And the…

Ask a depressed woman if she’d take Viagra to invigorate a faded libido caused by the antidepressants she’s taking to keep the blues away and she’s likely to say the proposition sounds like a pretty bitter pill to swallow. Others,…

The bad news just seems to keep coming.  The results of the latest test of the prescription drug, Vytorin, show the drug produced no significant indication that it is effective in the treatment of aortic valve disease and heart disease. …

In January, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began the process of evaluating 199 studies of anti-seizure drugs commonly prescribed for epilepsy and other disorders due to reports of suicidal behaviors in patients taking them.  Their findings led them…

A new report issued by the National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) warns consumers against the vast array of drugs sold by unregulated online pharmacies.  These pharmacies not only sell controlled drugs without an accompanying prescription, they do…