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Take Some Pills for Your Hysteria, Lady: America's Long History of Drugging Women Up
Women are twice as likely as men to be prescribed prescription drugs for depression or anxiety.
Take Some Pills for Your Hysteria, Lady: America's Long History of Drugging Women Up
Women are twice as likely as men to be prescribed prescription drugs for depression or anxiety.
Finally, a Nuclear Apocalypse Drug Gets Approved by the FDA
The Radiation and Nuclear Countermeasures Program is preparing for the worst.
How Drug Companies Keep Generic Insulin Off American Shelves
A new unaffordable drug is hardly better than an old unaffordable one.
Why a $54,000 Cancer Treatment in 1995 Now Goes for $200,000
Cancer drug prices are increasing 10 percent annually. That’s fucked.
Pill-Popping Kitties: Inside the Pharmaceutical Treatment of Depressed and Anxious Cats
Maybe your cat needs some Xanax. Or acupuncture.
Let's Be Clear About This: HIV Denial Kills
Earlier this week, VICE ran an interview with the prominent HIV denialist Joan Shenton. But her crackpot theories aren't just laughable – they can be deadly.
Big Pharma Can't Figure Out Social Media, and the FDA Isn't Helping
Instead, drug companies are just ignoring potentially vital adverse event reports.
The Truth About Britain's Looming 'Middle-Class Heroin Crisis'
All the talk about rising oxycodone prescriptions in the UK causing a middle-class heroin crisis is gold-plated baloney.
Why Are So Many of Us Avoiding the Flu Vaccine?
Most people view parents who don't vaccinate their children as kooks who are endangering everyone's health—so why don't more of us get flu shots?
Why Government-Funded Ebola Research Is Outpacing Big Pharma
When the crisis hit, the public research sector went into overdrive.
The Antibiotic Arms Race Has a Capitalism Problem
How to "de-link" the development of lifesaving drugs from a disinterested marketplace.