Hot Summer Threatens Efficacy of Mail-Order Medications
The temperatures inside delivery trucks can reach twice the recommended threshold, but federal rules on drug storage conditions do not…
When ‘Abortion’ Wasn’t a Dirty Word
One morning in 2012, eight weeks into her pregnancy, Shannon Withycombe woke up bleeding: She was having a miscarriage. In…
Older Adults Do Not Benefit From Moderate Drinking, Large Study Finds
Virtually any amount increased the risk for cancer, and there were no heart benefits, the researchers reported.Even light drinking was…
Three MDMA Studies Are Retracted by Scientific Journal
The journal Psychopharmacology has retracted three papers about MDMA-assisted therapy based on what the publication said was unethical conduct at…
Should You Get A Covid Shot Now?
The virus is spreading, but new vaccines coming this fall could offer better protection. We asked experts about the right…
I.V.F. Threats in Alabama Drive Clinics to Ship Out Embryos
An emerging movement against in vitro fertilization is driving some doctors and patients in red states to move or destroy…
What Killed Harmony Ball-Stribling?
The last day Byron Stribling spent with his wife, Harmony, was the Fourth of July in 2021. A great day,…
F.D.A. Declines to Approve MDMA Therapy, Seeking More Study
The agency said there was insufficient data to allow the use of a treatment for PTSD that involves the drug…
Howie Cohen, Whose Alka-Seltzer Ads Spawned Catchphrases, Dies at 81
A copywriter, he and a partner in 1972 came up with “Try it, you’ll like it” and “I can’t believe…
Childhood Vaccines Aren’t Just Saving Lives. They’re Saving Money.
Over the past three decades, routine immunizations have prevented 1.1 million deaths and saved the United States $540 billion, the…