Can We Prevent Diabetes In Working-Age Adults?
A decade-old study shows the inexpensive drug, metformin, is safe and effective in preventing diabetes in adults at high risk for developing the disease. So why aren't more doctors prescribing it? That's the question posed by Tannaz Moin, MD,...
Dr. Oz Response Not Good Enough
TV DOC SAYS HE WISHES HE COULD TAKE BACK SOME SEGMENTS On his syndicated television show and in an interview on NBC's Nightly News, Dr Mehmet Oz addressed the doctors who are calling for Columbia University to terminate him from his faculty post,...
Dr. Oz Under Fire: Truth or Jealousy?
Calling him a quack, a fake and a charlatan, a group of doctors Wednesday asked Columbia University to remove television talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz from his position of Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at the College of Physicians and...
Head Transplants? Why Not Cure Diseases and End Acts of Desperation
Dr. Sergio Canavero recently delivered a Ted Talk in Limassol, Cyprus suggesting how a Frankenstein-like human head transplant could be ready within two years. It certainly begs the more-than-obvious question: shouldn't we master spinal cord...
Utah Becomes 13th “Right To Try” State
U of M to Debate New Florida Law Friday The Cure Alliance wants to hear from you. Is "informed consent" enough for terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs? Advocates argue the FDA’s compassionate use process is slow and bureaucratic....
Who Wants To Live Forever? Billionaires, thank goodness
Imagine a dinner party of billionaires hosted by PayPal mogul Peter Thiel, 47, worth a reported $2.2B. Then imagine what he and the titans of Google, Facebook, eBay, Napster and Netscape talked about all night long that turned into this story: ...