During the 2016 Super Bowl, an advertisement featured a man suffering from opioid-induced constipation. Superficially, the commercial appeared to raise awareness of a distressing condition and suggest a solution to the problem. On a...

Early reports from California’s Department of Health indicate that new legislation for the compulsory vaccination of kindergartners has already made a positive impact on immunization without the law even going into effect. Bill SB...

The Fight on Drug Patent Protections When a drug company patents a drug, they retain sole manufacturing rights for 20 years. This enables pharmaceutical companies to charge whatever they feel appropriate for the drug...

Developing a new drug is expensive and time-consuming. One major challenge is the sheer number of experiments needed to prove a drug is safe. Literally thousands of experiments with each potential treatment represents a...

A new study confirms the rising trend of resistance to a key drug used to treat and prevent HIV infection. It also seems likely the resistant strain of HIV can be transmitted from person...

Professor Vincenzo Cerullo from the University of Helsinki has made a breakthrough in cancer therapy which could revolutionize treatment. Cerullo discovered a way to direct the immune system to attack cancer cells, much in...

The indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to the speedy development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The ensuing threat to health is so grave that the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts a global health crisis and...

Clinicians treating cancer face many challenges. They must ensure that therapies do not cause more harm than benefit, which is an especially difficult task in children. Optimal treatment conditions are to catch the cancer...

The history of chemotherapy goes back a little further than the early 20th century. In 1890, German scientists and eventual Nobel Prize winners introduced the first serum therapy that proved immunity could be transferred....