Pharmacology

Just for yucks, let’s go back a few years and see how well people did in forecasting drug prices in the future. Within the past decade, we began to hear the term “patent cliff”—the consequence of…

In epidemiology, matching curves are often enough to imply causation and so it is often done, even if there is no evidence to warrant the link. There has been an increased use of antibiotics and…

Evidence for role of cannabis in medicine does not strengthen argument for legalization. Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC By Victoria Forster, Newcastle University Cannabis has long been touted as containing…

 have to warn everyone that there is going to be a little math at the start, but not much, only one easy equation that you need to have a sense of if you are going to understand what drugs that…

All right to start this post I have to warn everyone that there is going to be a little math at the start, but not much, only one easy equation that you need to have a sense of if you are going to…

Good news for Christmas party season: A new compound has been shown to reduce the harmful side-effects of ‘binge drinking’. It also has the potential for new ways to treat Alzheimer’s and other…

People know that antibiotics won't help viruses. So why ask doctors for antibiotics? Subbotina Anna/Shuttstock By David Broniatowski, George Washington University; Eili Klein, Johns Hopkins…

Results presented at the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Symposium in Barcelona show "extremely promising" early phase 1 clinical trial results for the investigational drug…

It's a story as old as medicine. When it comes to treatments, people don't always obey the written word. When it comes to antibiotics, for example, people may stop taking them when they feel better…

While working on my latest post, I became quite distracted.  I’m a fan of the website retraction watch (everyone loves to gawk at the car accident), although in my opinion they really only skim…