Category: 4. Health

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to three researchers who furthered our knowledge of immune system regulation. They made, “discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance,” according to the Nobel Prize committee. In other words, their work has helped explain…

“I was standing there looking out at this gorgeous view of the Andaman Sea, and then I looked down and beneath my feet were all these pieces of plastic, most of them water bottles,” she says.

“I’ve always had a passion for waste reduction, but I…

Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it denied. Now imagine that the reason is not insufficient insurance coverage or the wrong dose, but a pharmacist who personally objects to your medication. What right does a pharmacist have to make moral decisions for their patients?

Lawmakers have wrestled with this question for decades. It reemerged in August 2025 when two pharmacists sued Walgreens and the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy, saying they had…

The lack of transparency in prices in so much of our healthcare system is shocking. All actual prices should be revealed, and bills should be itemized, just as we expect them to be at hotels, grocery stores and for all other products and services in the marketplace.

Guest post by Cynthia A. Fisher

A series of recent lawsuits over unreasonable employer health plan costs could revolutionize U.S. healthcare in the same way lawsuits over high-cost retirement plans…

Acetic acid (more commonly known as vinegar) has been used for centuries as a disinfectant, but it is only effective against a small number of bacteria, and it does not kill the most dangerous types.

New research led by researchers at University of Bergen in Norway, QIMR Berghofer and Flinders University in Australia has…