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(By Ed Silverman for STAT) How much credit should we give Brent Saunders for trying to put a lid1 on

All that pharmaceutical advertising may be a ‘mixed bag,’ after all

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Amid the ongoing debate over the wisdom of pharmaceutical advertising, a new analysis suggests that

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Johnson & Johnson will soon start testing a vaccine the world badly needs — one

(By Sam Wehbe for STAT) The growing use of electronic medical records, electronic insurance claims, and other medical software systems

(By Megan Hart for KHI News Service) Michael Fellman says a chance passerby — or, perhaps, divine intervention — kept

(By Martha Bebinger for NPR) Five states are voting this fall on whether marijuana should be legal, like alcohol, for

(By Lauren Silverman for NPR) Kratom is made from the leaves of a small tree native to Southeast Asia that

In 2014, Congress passed the Choice Act, among the provisions was one requiring the VA and HHS (Department of Health

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) The nation’s ongoing opioid problem comes with staggering physical and emotional costs to

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Health care providers and insurers agree that it’s in everyone’s best interest to refer