BY: NADIA ZAIDI One of the most important relationships is the one you have with your doctor. It could very much save your life. But when waiting rooms are swelling with sick people, doctors sometimes speed through check-ups, and can…
3D printed micro-rockets will soon deliver drugs to your body
BY: LISA MICHAELS Recent experiments from research scientists at the Chemical and Biological Engineering department of the University of Sheffield, England have led to an exciting medical innovation. Their work has leveraged the use of new 3D inkjet printing technology…
Doctors want to end drug advertisements so people are seen as patients, not consumers
BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE Why are pharmaceutical drugs even advertised to consumers who can’t actually buy them without spending an hour reading year-old magazines in a sterile waiting room? According to Lynn Payer, a prolific writer on the reciprocal influence of…