Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future

After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely?

The Strange Mystery of the Cancer Anomaly

The incidence of most cancers increases with age but then…

Obesity as Illness

Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence, why do people find this idea…

 The Trouble With Tamiflu: British Medical Journal's Fight for Making Clinical Trial Data Available 

The trouble with Tamiflu,a common prescription drug used to treat the flu, according to British Medical Journal (BMJ) is:

Deadman Walking: Mr Davie’s Story / America’s Uninsured

“If we’d found it sooner,it would have made a difference. But now I’m just a dead man walking.”

An Illustrated History of the Lost Battle of ‘Neglected Diseases’

Less than 1% of medicines developed since 1975 are for Malaria, TB and other ‘Neglected Diseases’

Can Online Comments Predict Patient Satisfaction? Yes, Says a New Study

Not Surprising because Tweets can Predict Elections Better Than Gallop Polls