The FDA Now Trusts You With Your Own Genetic Information
Before one of her pregnancies, my wife took a genetic test to find out if she was a…
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Trump Complains the FDA Is Slow, but It’s Already Faster to Approve Drugs Than Its Counterpart
The issue of whether the Food and Drug Administration approves new medicines fast enough has taken on a…
How to Free Personal Genetics
Consumer genetic tests like 23andMe aren't medical devices, and the FDA shouldn't regulate them like blood-sugar meters or pregnancy tests.
How Donald Trump’s FDA Could Be Bad for Your Health
President-elect Trump’s leading candidates to head the Food and Drug Administration oppose regulations that require drugs to be…
The FDA Is Not Hindering Medical Progress
Congress is trying to speed up Food and Drug Administration drug approvals, but the problem is science, not…
You’re Pregnant. What Do You Know About the Medication You’re Taking?
Testing prescription drugs on pregnant women is controversial. It's also utterly necessary if we care about the health of both mother and child.
The Pill That Probably Won’t Fix Your Low Sex Drive
A meta-study finds "female Viagra" to have low-to-moderate benefits and side effects.
Five Studies on the Links Between Sugar and Heart Disease
The scientific evidence for whether eating too much sugar causes Type 2 diabetes and other diseases.
The Former Dentist Uncovering Sugar’s Rotten Secrets
University of California–San Francisco researcher Cristin Kearns dropped a promising career at the Kaiser Foundation to dig through sugar industry archives for a smoking gun. With help from the man who brought down Big Tobacco, she’s now proving that Big Sugar steered scientists away from looking at the ingredient’s harmful effects.