PBS
How The Prescription Drug Supply Chain Is Killing Local Pharmacies
The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several state legislatures have proposed or enacted laws to bring more transparency and curb soaring drug...
SciShow
The Reason Prescription Drugs Will Never Be Developed Fast!
It can potentially take decades for medications to reach pharmacy shelves, but why? We take a deep dive into the creation of a cancer treatment to explain the process.
Curated Video
How to Correctly Measure Your Medicine Doses
How to Correctly Measure Your Medicine Doses
Curated Video
How to Keep Medical Marijuana Away from Children
Howcast - Learn how to keep medical marijuana out of the hands of children in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
America's 3 Most Abused Drugs
Howcast - Learn what three drugs are most abused in America from Dr. Paul Hokemeyer in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Drug Addiction FAQs
Howcast - Get all your drug addiction questions answered from Dr. Paul Hokemeyer in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
What Are the Most Common Substance Addictions?
Howcast - Learn about the most common substance addictions from Dr. Paul Hokemeyer in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
What Is Drug Abuse?
Howcast - Learn all about drug abuse from Dr. Paul Hokemeyer in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Plants and Medicine
Discover how artichokes, garlic and poppies play important roles in medicine, pain management and the treatment of disease. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. The medicinal properties of plants have saved countless lives. Over half of...
Healthcare Triage
Painful Truths the U.S. Can Learn from Global Healthcare
The American healthcare debate is often a pendulum swinging between two extremes: maintaining the status quo and adopting a single-payer system. But what if we're asking the wrong questions? What if the answers lie not in the extremes...
PBS
Why Are Prescription Drugs SO Expensive?
Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? Why does the same medication cost significantly less in other countries around the world? Today Danielle examines the history of pharmaceutical regulation in America and how...
PBS
Should You Buy Drugs Abroad? (feat. @pbsvitals )
Prescription drugs cost way more in America than most other countries... but is it wise (or safe) to buy them abroad?
The Wall Street Journal
Policy And Politics
Everyone has a stake in bringing health-care costs to heel. In what direction is the government's efforts trending?
The Wall Street Journal
An Rx for Health Care: Part I
It's already part of presidential campaign slogans: "Medicare for all." But how exactly would that work?
The Wall Street Journal
The Democratic Agenda
The House of Representatives has a new majority party, and a new agenda. Here's where business and the House may find common purpose.
Healthcare Triage
Deprescribing: Sometimes Taking Fewer Medication is Better
Prescription drugs are pretty awesome. They improve lives all the time. But it is possible to take too many. Over time, as patients are prescribed more an more ongoing medications, it's a good idea to sometimes step back, evaluate, and...
Mazz Media
Let's Talk About: What You Need To Know About Drugs
This program introduces young learners to the types, and differences between legal and illegal drugs. Students will learn that legal drugs, such as medicines are used to ease the symptoms of sickness, cure diseases, prevent and control...
Curated Video
Exclusive: Grassley Admits That Crucial USMCA Trade Deal Takes Backseat to Impending Senate Trial
Sen. Chuck Grassley spoke exclusively with Cheddar on a wide-ranging list of topics: including how the upcoming senate impeachment trial will conflict with the landmark USMCA deal, the issue of prescription drug-pricing in America, the...
Curated Video
Health Care Reform Is Personal for Wisconsin Congresswoman in Remission for Cancer
For veteran congresswoman and cancer survivor Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, the issue of healthcare is both political and personal. She discussed President Trump's vow "to protect patients with pre-existing conditions" with Cheddar.
Curated Video
Historic gamble into legal pot
As recreational cannabis becomes legal at the stroke of midnight, there are still many unknowns about the coming weeks and months. On the eve of legalization, The National looks at everything from doctors challenging the government over...
Curated Video
Canadian seniors struggling to afford medication, study finds
Steve Morgan is the lead author of new study and a professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia
Curated Video
Canadian drug prices
Steve Morgan, professor of public health at UBC, on a new study that says Canadians are paying a lot more for the drugs we use
Curated Video
Trudeau Tracker | Healthcare promises
National Affairs Editor Chris Hall has a check up of the Liberal government's campaign promises on healthcare.
Curated Video
What you need to know about Federal Budget 2018
There were a lot of details in today's budget announcement and CBC News has the breakdown on what you need to know about Federal Budget 2018. Titled "Equality + Growth, A Strong Middle Class," the 367-page budget document offers new cash...