Pharmacology

How QbD Can Drive Innovation And Quality In Pharmaceuticals

Quality by Design (QbD) is  a decade-long approach that was first introduced by quality expert Joseph M. Juran. Juran proposed a “Juran Trilogy”, of which quality and innovation were two of the pillars necessary to ensure breakthroughs in developing new p ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Dec 8 2024 - 11:25pm

Organic Believer Poisons Herself With A Copper Sulfate Rectal Enema

A whole lot of classic liberals have discovered how goofy their progressive cousins have been for 25 years. All it took for this sudden embrace of critical thinking was for a Republican to say 'maybe he is right on food and medicine' about Robert ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 30 2024 - 1:31pm

Worried About Arsenic In Your Apple Juice? Thank Dr. Oz

Far be it from me to consider anything designated by Oprah Winfrey as, perhaps, maybe, not always evidence-based, but I had always hoped some skepticism was in order yet consistently instead found Oprah viewers were not only ready to believe, they were wil ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 10 2025 - 11:56am

Hims Telehealth Company Under Fire For Super Bowl Ad

Hims Inc., rebranded as Hims  &  Hers Health, Inc. after they went public in 2020, began as a telehealth company for erectile dysfunction and hair loss products. No real issue there, the products are well-established and a phone call or website consult ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 6 2025 - 2:33pm

Obama Administation Cracks Down On Organic Health Halo Claims

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. and two others about using terms like "organic" and "natural"to imply healthier cigarettes.  There is nothing healthier about organic or natural ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 18 2025 - 12:29pm

Opiate Of The Masses: Ancient Andes Used Hallucinogens To Keep People Positive

Americans like to be outraged by things, in 2025 the right is outraged by seed oils while the left is outraged about lack of capitalism, but older civilizations wanted people to stay calm. When we think of the Andes today, we may think of the Incas, but th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 5 2025 - 3:27pm

Fisetin To Prevent Artery Hardening

In a new study, researchers found that the polyphenol fisetin helps protect blood vessels from hardening, which is a common problem in older adults and people with kidney disease.  If eventually validated in human trials, it might mean it could prevent vas ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2025 - 11:54am

Side Effects Update: Lecanemab To Slow Alzheimer's

In 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration an Alzheimer’s therapy shown in clinical trials to modestly slow disease progression but side effects, brain swelling and bleeding, occurred in some. Though clinical trials have taken twice as long and cost tw ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2025 - 11:16am

Is Everything You Eat A Drug?

Did you ever have breast milk or spinach? You might as well start shooting up heroin. If dihydrogen monoxide doesn't scare you enough, food activists have been rehashing an old term- opiates.  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 23 2025 - 8:42am

Mountain Doomed: CO2 Bubbles And Heart Attacks

"Carbonated drinks linked with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac origin" Right away, this looks suspicious.  "Linked with" is a standard junk science term that translates roughly into:  "Let's see if I can get some he ...

Blog Post - Josh Bloom - Jun 5 2025 - 11:49am