The Black Box: The FDA’s strongest warning is a work in progress

Black box warnings are the FDA’s bluntest regulatory instrument short of a recall. Yet despite what headlines, pundits, and influencers often suggest, they are neither a moral verdict nor the final word on a drug’s safety. They are ideally evidence-informed, but like...

Podcast: Dumb Luck Might Have Generated a Cancer Breakthrough

In the high-stakes arena of cancer drug development, SU212 was engineered as a safer twist on podophyllotoxin—a toxic killer designed to halt rogue cell division. Yet in a twist worthy of scientific serendipity, it veered off course, bypassing its intended target...

Can Chocolate Help With Asthma? Hemorrhoids? Feminine Hygiene?

December 16 is National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day, which is either a celebration of culinary creativity or an excuse to use juvenile humor. Either way, chocolate has a long history of being marketed as a cure for just about everything. Let’s see what it can...

Lifestyle Medicine Positions Itself for a New Wellness Era

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has published a position paper in its flagship journal about the promises and potential of Lifestyle Medicine (LM). They argue that LM can address the chronic disease burden and can be the spark that transforms...

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