Contrasting tales of two miracle drugs

Tabitha M. Powledge discusses this week's news about Jimmy Carter's cancer medicine: "The immunotherapy Jimmy Carter is getting in addition to radiation for the metastisized melanoma that has invaded his brain and liver is startlingly effective in some patients and not at all in others." As for the second drug — the supposed cure for women's sexual problems — Powledge writes: "The triumph of capitalism over science. And feminism. And good sense." Also, still more Trump.

August 22, 2015

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