ISLAMABAD – Cancer cases in Pakistan are on the increase, but patients and health advocates are caught in a struggle for access to life-saving treatment amid concerns about the quality of generic drugs and the rising cost of medicine. Tahmeena Kausar Parveen, a 45-year-old resident of Islamabad, was shocked by the news that she needs […]| Health Policy Watch
One of visitors’ favorite exhibits at the Melnick Medical Museum is about Quack medicine. It features odd devices and medicines that were sold directly to customers to use in their homes. The creators or “doctors” of these items exist on the fringes of traditional medicine and the law, and are often involved in conscious acts… Continue reading Nuts! The John Brinkley story→| Melnick Medical Museum