Shutterstock The true effects of e-cigarettes on human health are just beginning to emerge. Risks of vaping include inhaling toxic metals like lead and potentially doubling one’s risk...
Melia Robinson/Business Insider A jury recently ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to a plaintiff who alleged that his cancer was the result of...
Nurx Nurx, a Silicon Valley prescription drug delivery startup that once solely dispensed birth control, is launching a new service that allows patients who want HIV-prevention...
Shutterstock/ESB Professional Regular exercise is essential for health, but there’s tons of conflicting fitness advice out there. Those misconceptions range from outdated ideas about weight lifting...
Natural Cycles founders Elina Berglund Raoul Schewitzl Natural Cycles Birth-control app Natural Cycles has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration — the first...
Shutterstock On a call with investors this week, GW Pharmaceuticals revealed the price of Epidiolex, its newly-approved, marijuana-based drug for rare forms of epilepsy. Designed to...
Memphis Meats founder Uma Valeti and Chef Derek Sarno present some of their first meals made from cultured meat. Memphis Meats/Facebok Heidi Roizen, a partner at...
Hollis Johnson Perhaps you didn’t intend for that spit sample you shipped off to be used for research on antacids. But that could be what happens...
Hollis Johnson Genetics testing company 23andMe made headlines last week when it announced it would share consumers’ anonymized genetic data with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. Companies like...
Pax Labs For a slim device that looks like a USB stick, the Juul e-cig packs a powerful punch. Each refillable insert contains twice the nicotine...
