Today, the Institute of Medicine released a new report evaluating the public health effects of reducing teenagers' access to cigarettes and other tobacco products. Right …
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To keep edibles away from kids, marijuana policies must be “fully baked”
Depending on your position, legal marijuana might raise images of stoners on every street corner or of users enjoying a private puff in their backyards. …
Transparency in clinical trials: The importance of getting the whole picture
Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association ran a Viewpoint article from Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health and Kathy Hudson, …
Stanford experts weigh in on spate of "right to try" laws for the terminally ill
Terminally ill patients should be able to access medication that could help them, regardless of how far along that drug might be in the FDA's …
Another blow to the Hedgehog pathway? New hope for patients with drug-resistant cancers
If you're a regular reader of this blog, or follow cancer literature, you'll have heard of a signaling pathway called Hedgehog that is activated in …
How e-cigarettes are sparking a new wave of tobacco marketing
Following the FDA's announcement earlier this spring that it would regulate the sale - but not marketing - of electronic cigarettes, debate has continued on …
Rising to the challenge of harnessing big data to benefit patients
Much has been written on Scope about the annual Big Data in Biomedicine conference, held here last week. My colleague Bruce Goldman was on the …
Discussing access and transparency of big data in government
The Big Data in Biomedicine conference of 2014 continued today with discussion around how troves of information are being stored, organized, accessed and applied in …
E-cigarettes and the FDA: A conversation with a tobacco-marketing researcher
The FDA announced today its plans to regulate e-cigarettes. The news comes as little surprise to many, including Robert Jackler, MD, chair of otolaryngology at …
The best toxicology lab: a mouse with a human liver
A few years ago, Stanford pharmacogenomic expert Gary Peltz, MD, PhD, collaborating with researchers in Japan, developed a line of bioengineered mice whose livers were …
E-Cigarettes: The explosion of vaping is about to be regulated
E-cigarettes are about to get zapped. To date, across the globe, they've been largely unregulated -- and their growth since they first came on the …
Female sexual health expert responds to delay in approval for "Viagra for women"
As announced yesterday, Sprout Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of flibanserin, dubbed a "female Viagra," is appealing the Food and Drug Administration's decision requesting more information on the …
Be in the know when it comes to kids’ cold meds, FDA reminds parents
Last week, my co-worker had to ask me if I was okay after hearing me sneeze and blow my nose every 15 minutes. I immediately …
The importance of including risk information in ads for over-the-counter medications
Findings published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association show that when prescription medications become available over-the-counter, advertisements for the products are less likely …
U.S. District Court rules that stem cells are drugs
Peter Aldhous from New Scientist reports today that the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, has ruled that a person's own cultured stem cells are drugs subject to …
Truvada: Not a magic bullet for preventing HIV
As you may have heard, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved the drug Truvada as a preventative measure for HIV-negative individuals who are at …