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Scientists Are Using 3D Printers to Deliver More Effective Tablets for Children

Holly Cave 31/01/2019

Soon, doctors could administer 3D-printed tablets containing active medication...

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Why a Third of Antidepressants Are Prescribed for Something Else

Leah Shaffer 21/12/2017

Doctors often use medicines ‘off-label’ to treat people with...

Dr Lee Cantrell, who helps run the California Poison Control System, in his office with a collection of vintage expired medications, at the University of California San Diego Hospital in San Diego, CA on FRiday, July 7, 2017.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker for ProPublica)

The Trouble With Drug Expiration Dates

Marshall Allen 19/07/2017

Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs,...

From the 'Restore Sanity' rally in DC. Credit: S Pakhrin/Flickr CC BY 2.0

A Letter About Mental Illness, Family Silences and the Medical Manufacture of Disease

Prakruti Ramesh 22/06/2017

My psychiatric condition was (mis)treated as if it were...

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US’s Inconsistent Policies on Pharma Could Compromise Global Access to Medication

Priti Patnaik 11/10/2016

A recently released UN report highlights international "policy incoherence"...