The biggest criminal fine ever, paid to settle charges of extreme seriousness. And some yahoo asserts this fine is really part of Obama’s effort to “federalize” medicine and cut costs.
Continue reading →A look at runners who forget suffering, writers who forget they’re stealing, mountain scenes that aren’t, and swine flu that resists Tamiflu.
Continue reading →The story’s opening, which tells of a parent seemingly overeager to medicate a child who didn’t need it, gives an idea of why this question is more important than we might like.
Continue reading →In case you missed them (or miss them, and want to read again …)
Continue reading →The US now has had over 1 million flu cases this spring — despite the end of regular flu season. 90 days till flu season resumes. Anyone paying attention?
Continue reading →Speaking of pleasure: Having lived with fire ants, stepped in fire ants, laid down with fire ants, and been bit just about everywhere by fire ants, this pleases me immensely: Parasitic flies turn fire ants them into zombies. The fly maggots eat their brains.
Continue reading →This gets at the deep, deep problem created by allowing pharma to dominant drug testing data while we lack the ability to collect information on how well various drug and other treatments actually work in clinical practice.
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