Medicine

This week Eating the Past continues its exploration of the fascinating history of plant based eating.

In Tyranny of the Gene, James Tabery exposes the origin story of personalized medicine—essentially a marketing idea dreamed up by pharmaceutical executives—and traces its path from the Human Genome Project to the present. James Tabery joins us for this episode.

In Tyranny of the Gene, James Tabery exposes the origin story of personalized medicine—essentially a marketing idea dreamed up by pharmaceutical executives—and traces its path from the Human Genome Project to the present. James Tabery joins us for this episode.

Three pharmacy regulation managers, including Optum RX, control 80% of the drug marketplace.

A Utah statute put into effect this year could allow insulin users to get the life-saving drug through pharmacists, but insulin has not yet been added to the necessary list.

We love to identify good guys and bad guys–in cartoons, movies, and nature. Nature’s good guys, for example, pollinate our crops. The bad guys are venomous animals that bite, sting, or even kill us with their poisons. But recent scientific discoveries by an Australian scientist revealed that the venom of a species of sea anemones contains 84 types of toxins, some of which might serve as the foundation for medicines that alleviate human pain.

Medical researcher and ICU physician Samuel Brown says, “While writing a book about death culture and American religion before the Civil War, I read…

A few months ago we talked with several Covid-19 long haulers. They said that some continued to suffer debilitating effects of the disease months after…

Bryan, Ohio's hospital, is losing money, making it vulnerable to big health systems seeking domination and Phil Ennen, CEO, has been fighting to preserve…

Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were…