Even though promotional drug meetings are one of the most common ways doctors find out about new medications, a new study …
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How Our Web Searches Could Expose Drug Side Effects
Researchers looking for previously undiscovered drug side effects are turning to web searches for answers.
Rulings Threaten FDA and States’ Ability to Regulate Drugs and Therapy
Two cases could trigger dramatic changes in the way medications and therapies are regulated.
Meningitis Cases Rise in Outbreak Linked to Tainted Steroid Shots
Health officials expect yet more cases of fungal meningitis related to contaminated steroid shots
Psychiatrist Contends the Field Is ‘Committing Professional Suicide’
Psychiatry — and medicine in general — has a dangerously close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry
A Doctor’s Dilemma: When Crucial New-Drug Data Is Hidden
In a new book, “Bad Pharma,” British columnist Dr. Ben Goldacre lays out all the clever ways in which the pharmaceutical industry is getting bad drugs onto shelves
Top 10 Drug Company Settlements
Multibillion-dollar settlements against big drug companies have become all too common in recent years. Here’s a rogues gallery of the worst offenders
Qsymia: What You Need to Know About the New Diet Pill
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Qsymia, the second new diet drug in a month, and the most effective of the weight-loss pills that the agency has considered in recent years.
Qsymia, made by Vivus …
Breaking Down GlaxoSmithKline’s Billion-Dollar Wrongdoing
What the drug company did to promote Paxil, Wellbutrin and Avandia illegally — and what it meant for patients
Belviq: 5 Things You Need to Know About the New Weight-Loss Pill
With the first new weight-loss drug to be approved in 13 years, dieters have a new weapon against obesity. Is it for you?
FDA Panel Backs Approval of Weight-Loss Drug Lorcaserin
On Thursday, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 18-to-4 to approve the prescription diet drug lorcaserin. It’s the second diet pill to be endorsed by an FDA advisory panel this year and, if approved, would be …
FDA Panel to Vote on Approval of First Drug to Prevent HIV
Recent studies suggest that drugs used for HIV treatment can also protect healthy people from infection. But can these medications really turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic?
Botox Treatments Not So Effective for Migraine Headache Relief
Botox is a good way to smooth nasty wrinkles, but the latest studies show it may not do much to ease the throbbing pain of a headache.
