medications

Tech
My Generic Medications Failed Me. I’m Not Alone
Our health-care system relies on generics working just as brand-name drugs do. But what happens when they don’t?
Harriet Brown
2.10.21
Tech
Human Waste Is Contaminating Australian Wildlife with More Than 60 Pharmaceuticals
A new study demonstrates the ways that pharmaceutical runoff could travel up the food-chain.
Sarah Emerson
11.6.18
Food
DNA Tests for Mental Health Issues to Be Offered at Albertsons Grocery Stores
This puts a whole new spin on “impulse buys.”
Danielle Wayda
6.1.18

Tech
The Case for Giving Pregnant Women Experimental Drugs
It has long been considered unethical to include pregnant women in clinical trials, so doctors don’t know whether many common medicines are safe for them.
Emily Anthes
11.27.15
Health
Why Don't We Have a Female Version of Viagra Yet?
Women who want to increase their low libidos have to take pills designed to give men erections. Is there a better way?
Sophie Saint Thomas
10.26.14