Two panels show how PD-L1 on tumor cells binds to PD-1 on T cells to block immune response, and how anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-1 drugs block this interaction, allowing T cells to kill tumor cells.

Featured The opposite of “turbo cancer”: COVID-19 vaccines sensitize cancer to immunotherapy

Category: Medications

X-ray image showing a detailed front view of a human knee joint, including the femur, tibia, and gap of the joint space. The bones appear intact, with clear outlines visible.

Medications Pharmaceuticals

Tylenol Ramblings

This was an extremely difficult post to write. I live in war-ravaged Portland, Oregon, and it is like World War II here. Think Berlin at the end. Nothing but chaos, death and destruction. A burning hell hole. I sit in my cellar, the walls shaking from the brown bombs and artillery. Using the light from the burning house next door to see...

Mark Crislip / October 21, 2025

A white first aid kit box with a red circle and a white cross on the lid, placed on a white surface.

Medications Pharmaceuticals

Medicine Must-Haves: A Pharmacist’s Guide to Your College Student’s First Aid Kit

A pharmacist recommends medications for a basic first-aid kit.

Scott Gavura / August 28, 2025

An orange prescription pill bottle with a white cap labeled "Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take" appears under the large title "Rethinking Medications" by Jerry Avorn, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Book & movie reviews Medications

Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take

A critical appraisal of the state of the prescription medications in the United States

David Weinberg / May 28, 2025