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Gimme Shelter
Oct 16, 2015
Quartz and Marketplace look at the state of homelessness starting in the 1970s.
The shocking cost of wasted prescription pills
Dec 10, 2014
Nursing facilities destroy millions of extra medications. But technology could help them recycle the drugs.
'Side Effects' tells a tale of medicine, big business and murder
Feb 7, 2013
Stephen Soderbergh's new psychopharmalogical thriller digs into the cozy relationship between doctors and drug companies.
Diet drugs make a comeback
May 11, 2012
It has been more than a decade since the Food and Drug Administration approved a new pill to fight fat. Now, as the obesity problem grows, several new medicines could be on the way.
Major pain-advocacy group dissolves
May 9, 2012
The American Pain Foundation abruptly closes its doors on the heels of a government investigation into the epidemic of painkiller abuse.