Is it ethical for doctors to prescribe placebos to patients?

It is unclear whether the president's tactical gambit of a Blair House health summit late last month worked to bridge the current health care impasse.

This paper uses national data for the period 1960 to 2000 to estimate an aggregate private consumer demand for pharmaceuticals in the United States.

New drug treatments often take time to prove their effectiveness, and medical progress will slow if the lack of immediate and dramatic results disqualifies new drugs from research and use.

The Food and Drug Administration must use rigorous drug trials, but these tests should not be so strict as to deny cancer patients access to potentially lifesaving drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration must use rigorous drug trials, but these tests should not be so strict as to deny cancer patients access to potentially lifesaving drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration should not allow sensationalism in the media to unduly influence its treatment of SSRIs and anti-depressant drugs.

We have a pharmaceutical research and development system that really works.