Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, takes part in a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Matt Rourke, File/Associated Press Dr. Oz emailed the White House in March 2020 promoting an anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19. Oz owns stock in two companies that supply the drug, financial […]
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This Follicle-Hacking Drug Could One Day Treat Baldness
Researchers are working on an injectable that could get dormant follicles growing again. Trials on mice show promise. https://media.wired.com/photos/63128c0c79f10149f7bb9ef5/master/pass/Baldness_science_GettyImages-1264331186.jpg
Trump called on lawmakers to institute the ‘death penalty for drug dealers’ despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Trump spoke at a rally Saturday for the first time since the August 8 search at Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he was calling on lawmakers to institute capital punishment for drug dealers. But before leaving office, Trump pardoned […]
NCIS season 18 spoilers: Nick Torres to help Fornell take down drug ring in first-look
For episode four, Sunburn, the show’s plot reads: “McGee (Sean Murray) and his wife Delilahs (Margo Harshman) Bahamian vacation turns into a high-stakes mission when the case NCIS is tracking of a dead escape room manager has ties to the island.” However, it’s episode five, Head of the Snake, which will bring Fornell’s storyline to […]
Drug companies are sitting on generics—43% of recently approved aren’t for sale
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Ute Grabowsky ) Of the more than 1,600 generic drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration since January of 2017, more than 700—or 43 percent—are not for sale in the US, according to a new analysis by Kaiser Health News. The finding means that many pricy, brand-name drugs are not […]
Fibroid drug linked to serious liver problems, Health Canada warns
Health Canada says a safety review of Fibristal to treat uterine fibroids in women of childbearing age has found a possible link between its use and the risk of a rare liver injury.
Recreational drug use 'widespread' among English footballers, says professor
Drugs such as cocaine and marijuana are commonly used by England’s top flight footballers amid claims that the FA does not take drug-testing seriously, according to an expert in researching the use of drugs in sport. Professor Ivan Waddington, who works at the University of Chester, has spent decades analyzing the impact of drugs on […]
‘Unprecedented’ drug shortages affecting many Canadians, new survey suggests
One in four people surveyed say they have either experienced a shortage of their medication, or know someone who has, as Canada grapples with a “dire” problem.
Ending Weed Prohibition Hasn’t Stopped Drug Crimes
James Graham Legalizing POT was supposed to reduce crime, or so advocates argued. The theory was simple: As cannabis buyers beat a path to the nearest dispensary, the black market would dry up, and with it the industry’s criminal element. Indeed, a study recently published in The Economic Journal found that after medical marijuana was […]
Canada has found the key to lowering drug prices, but it won’t be used any time soon
An intense fight over an arcane policy document reveals that Health Canada has figured out how to lower patented drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is fighting back with threats about access to new drugs in Canada.