Nasal Spray Inspired by Camels and Alpacas May Block Coronavirus From Entering Cells

SF Scientists Create An Anti-COVID-19 Nasal Spray by Mike Moffitt.  SFGATE.  August 12, 2020.

New Target For Cancer Treatment: Proteins Produced By Cancer Cells Seem Necessary To Their Survival

Why Aren't There Better Cancer Drugs?  Scientists May Have Picked The Wrong Targets by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2019. 

BMJ: There Is Evidence Of Benefit In Only Just Over 40 Percent Of Medical Treatments

Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  August 26, 2019. 

Survey Of Pain And Its Effects

Poll:  Nearly 1 In 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Life  by Scott Hensley.  NPR.  August 21, 2019.

Crowdfunding For Medical Treatments That Are Not Backed By Science

Crowdfunding Drives Funds And Attention Toward Questionable Medical Treatments by Rachel D. Cohen.  National Public Radio.  January 2, 2019. 

People Overestimate Benefits, And Underestimate Risks, Of Medical Interventions

People Overestimate Benefits, And Underestimate Risks, Of Medical Interventions.  University of Plymouth/Science Daily.  October 25, 2018. 

The Range Of Neck Pain

Can Neck Pain Be A Sign Of Something Serious? by Jenna Fletcher.  Medical News Today.  July 24, 2018. 

How The Medical Records Mess Hobbles Research And Patient Care

New Cancer Treatments Lie Hidden Under Mountains Of Paperwork by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  May 21, 2018. 

F.D.A. To Expand Medication-Assisted Therapy For Opioid Addicts

F.D.A. To Expand Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Addicts by Sheila Kaplan.  The New York Times.  February 25, 2018. 

Asteroid Metal Found Effective Against Cancer

Cancer Cells Destroyed With Dense Metal Found In Asteroids.  University of Warwick/Science Daily.  November 2, 2017.

Direct-To-Consumer Stem Cell Treatments, Not Backed by Science, Popping Up Everywhere

Stem Cell Clinics Hawking Unproven Therapies Sprout Up Across US by Usha Lee McFarling.  Stat.  June 30, 2016

Medical Foods Being Developed by Nestle And Others

Nestle Develops Foods To Treat diseases by John Revill.  The Wall Street Journal.  April 12, 2016.

Nestle To Develop Food to Treat Disease by Valentin Flauraud.  Reuters/RT.  April 13, 2016

Unjustified Enthusiasm For Treatment--Therapeutic Illusion--Cripples Efforts To Reduce Unnecessary Treatments And Tests

The Science Of Choosing Wisely--Overcoming The Therapeutic Illusion by David Casarett, M.D.  The New England Journal Of Medicine.  April 6, 2016