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Yoga and exercise may help reduce the pain associated with cancer treatment. Researchers at the University of Rochester found that…
Quick Hits: About half of US doctors have received payments of some type from pharmaceutical and/or medical device companies amounting…
Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s nominee to head the FDA, is in most ways a conventional (conservative) choice to head the…
Drug companies, politicians, FDA protocols and patient groups are clamoring for faster FDA approval of drugs. But doing so could…
The Orphan Drug Act was created to encourage drugmakers to develop medicines for rare diseases. So why is it many…
Are Disease Advocacy Groups Industry Fronts?
Diane Archer JustCareUSA.org During the health care reform debate, the overwhelming majority of groups representing people with particular diseases–so-called “patient-advocacy”…
The pharma industry is pushing back on efforts by the FDA to restrain off-label promotion of drugs. Public health would…
This is part 2 of a 2-part investigation by Padma Nagappan for MedShadow Foundation. The first part is available on…
Are Drug Side Effects Hidden? This is part 1 of a 2-part investigation by Padma Nagappan for MedShadow Foundation that…
The 21st Century Cures Act You may have heard that Congress passed a big bill this month that impacts funding…
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