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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn’t Be Easy.
Attempts to restrict pharmaceutical advertisements have failed many times over the years, often on First Amendment grounds.
As Drug Culture Becomes Mainstream, Our Language Needs To Evolve.
We need a new language to talk about the chemicals and plants that change our consciousness.
What Kennedy’s Approach to Addiction Gets Wrong
America can’t go backward on drug policy.
R.F.K. Jr. Wants to Overhaul the F.D.A. How Would Scientists Change It?
While some agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the agency needs reform, their ideas for fixing it are very different from his.
As Drugstores Close, Older People Are Left in ‘Pharmacy Deserts’
Shuttered drugstores pose a particular threat to older adults, who take more medications than younger people and often rely on pharmacies for advice.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
Cómo dormir de verdad en un avión
Estas estrategias probadas pueden ayudarte a conseguir cierto grado de descanso, incluso en un poco conveniente asiento vertical.
Popular Arthritis Drug For Dogs May Have Severe Side Effects, F.D.A. Says
The agency recommended that the maker of Librela update its label to reflect the possibility of more serious adverse reactions.
How to Sleep on an Airplane
These tested strategies can help you get some degree of rest, even in an unforgiving upright seat.
Weight Loss Drugs Changed Their Lives. Then They Lost Coverage.
In Michigan, the state’s largest insurer has tightened restrictions around medications like Wegovy. Patients are panicking.
Drugmakers Paid PBMs Not to Restrict Opioid Prescriptions
Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.
‘LIfe-Changing’ Psychedelic, for When Life Is Ending
People are turning to psilocybin, ketamine and other treatments for palliative care.
¿Qué es el captagon, el estimulante ilegal que hizo de la Siria de Al Asad un narco-Estado?
La anfetamina ilegal, utilizada en todo Medio Oriente, se convirtió en la mayor exportación de Siria durante sus 13 años de guerra civil.
What is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant Made in Assad’s Syria?
The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war.
What the Polio Vaccine Has Meant for Public Health
A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked the F.D.A. to withdraw approval of the current shot because it hasn’t been tested against a placebo. Scientists say such a test would be unethical.
Syrian Rebels Seize Large Captagon Factory
Rebel fighters found stockpiles of addictive pills, some hidden in fruit or furniture and ready for export as part of the Assad regime’s illegal drug operation.
Elizabeth Warren, Josh Hawley Co-Sponsor Bill to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.
¿Debería preocuparme por el benceno en los productos de cuidado personal?
Se ha encontrado benceno en protectores solares, desodorantes, cremas para el acné y otros productos. Esto es lo que hay que saber.
Mitos y realidades sobre los antidepresivos
Los expertos responden a las preguntas más frecuentes sobre los antidepresivos.
Antidepressant Facts and Misconceptions
Here’s how the drugs can affect weight, mood, libido and other functions.