Humans often struggle to comprehend the impact of unseen factors on our health. For example, while we are aware of the detrimental effects of processed food due to its visible consequences, we often underestimate the impact of countless imperceptible elements in our daily lives. One group of such substances is manmade chemicals, such as phthalates, which…

In recent years, a lot of popular drugs, including diabetic, hypertension, and heartburn drugs, have been found to be contaminated with a carcinogen: nitrosamine. In 2018, Swiss drugmaker Novartis first discovered that its blockbuster blood pressure medication valsartan contained harmful levels of a carcinogen known as nitrosamine. In the following two years, over 1,400 product…

Preference for managing health through medication—rather than through lifestyle change—has increased dramatically among Americans in the last decade. This is according to the 2022 Food and Health Survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC), which each year examines Americans’ eating and health habits over the past year. The 1,005 online survey participants were asked,…

Researchers published some shocking statistics about the dramatic rise in adverse drug reactions in the UK in a study published in BMJ Open in July. Many of these adverse reactions were related to the number of prescriptions prescribed to the study participants. “Polypharmacy,” the term for prescribing multiple drugs, is at the heart of an…

A Republican lawmaker says that pharmaceuticals acquired from China are nothing less than medication acquired from the nation’s enemy. And she’s fearful that supply chains could be leveraged against the United States. Earlier this year, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and colleagues introduced the “Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2022” (H.R.7121). The…

A study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that median launch prices for new drugs have grown 85 times higher compared to prices in 2008 in the United States, resulting in higher pharmaceutical expenditures for consumers. Median launch prices for new drugs have increased from costing $2,115 in 2008 to $180,000…

An expert in pharmaceutical policy has said that the frequent interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health professionals can pose a conflict of interest for clinicians. Prof. Barbara Mintzes told The Epoch Times that research has demonstrated that there was a corollary between health professionals receiving a low price meal while being promoted a drug and…

News Analysis Pharmaceutical drugs are one of the most crucial areas where the United States is too dependent on imports. China is the number one source of U.S. imported drugs, by volume. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1 highlighted restoring U.S. manufacturing, while several White House initiatives specifically mentioned pharmaceuticals. But there…

If ever there were an herb that puts existential fear into the bottom line of pharmaceutical companies, it’s turmeric. Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 12,000 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. In fact, our five-year-long research project on this sacred plant has…

According to “Plato in Twelve Volumes” published by Harvard University Press, for headaches, Plato prescribed “a certain leaf, but there was a charm to go with the remedy; and if one uttered the charm at the moment of its application, the remedy made one perfectly well; but without the charm, there was no efficacy in…