Diabetes and Cancer
Diabetes and cancer are both very serious diseases that seem to have very different origins and effects on the body.
Why You Can’t Get a Lower Cost Generic Drug
Pharmaceutical manufacturers spend millions of dollars developing, testing, and marketing new drug products. The vast majority of new chemical entities
Things Your Pharmacist Knows
Pharmacists go to school for several years and learn a lot of things, and then they get jobs and learn
What Are Orphan Drugs?
Medications that treat rare diseases are generally not profitable for drug companies to develop because there is not a large
John Snow: Father of Epidemiology
In 1831 John Snow was 18 and an apprentice physician in London when a cholera epidemic broke out. At the
Three Things Stem Cells Might Treat
The promise of stem cell therapy to treat and cure many conditions has already led to the proliferation of clinics
Natural Products for Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes can often be managed with changes to diet and an increase in exercise. These are the first
Endocrine Disruptors
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can affect normal hormone functions in the body. These are compounds that have a chemical
Insulin Resistance and Diet
Insulin resistance occurs when the body does not respond to insulin as expected. This can lead to higher levels of
Oral Insulin – Are We There Yet?
Insulin is only available as an injectable, or an inhaled form for now, but we are getting closer to having
