Take Your Medicine, Tap Your Phone And Collect A Prize
Apps offer games and rewards to keep you taking your prescription medicine. While rewards may not be for everyone, they could give some people a helpful motivational boost.
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Answering Your Questions About Ebola Treatments And Vaccines
We answer listeners' questions about treatments and possible vaccines for Ebola.
Experimental Drug Jams Ebola Gene To Fight The Virus
A drug being tested against Ebola makes use of new scientific insights that could prove useful for treating other illnesses, including one that is inherited.
5 Things We Learned From New Database Of Payments To Doctors
Royalty and licensing payments accounted for almost a third of the amount paid to doctors by drug and device companies. The total exceeded the amount spent on speeches, consulting and meals.
4 Years Of Lessons Learned About Drugmakers' Payments To Doctors
American doctors received at least $1.4 billion in payments from drug companies last year. What did the companies get for their money?
Database Flaws Cloud Sunshine On Industry Payments To Doctors
A federal website set to go live Tuesday will disclose drug and device companies' ties to doctors. The release marks a milestone, but could be misleading for patients checking up on their doctors.
FDA Approves New Diet Pill That's Made Of Old Medicines
Contrave will be available in pharmacies this fall. But the companies working on the drug's marketing won't say how much it will cost.
Feds Hope Hitting Nursing Homes In The Wallet Will Cut Overmedication
A U.S. attorney has sued two nursing homes in Watsonville, Calif., alleging that they failed to provide the acceptable care they were paid for by the government.
Preventing HIV With Medicine Can Carry A Stigma
No doctor would refuse to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins to patients because they're overweight. But despite guidelines, some doctors aren't offering preventive drugs to those at risk for HIV.
How Well Does A Drug Work? Look Beyond The Fine Print
A husband and wife who are doctors have been working on fact boxes for drugs that, like nutrition labels for foods, would more concisely convey a medicine's benefits and risks.