You might think Pfizer paid a pretty hefty price last year when it agreed to $2.3 billion in fines for illegally marketing drugs like the dangerous painkiller Bextra.

Coming soon to a store shelf near you: Death wrapped in colorful candy-like packaging designed to appeal to children.

Dear Pharmacist,

Sometimes my tongue gets bald, red patches, or thick yellowish coatings on it. I can’t figure out why this happens, or what it means. My tongue looks nasty. Suzy, I don’t know who else to ask since it’s very embarrassing. My doctor says that it’s nothing to worry about. Do you agree?

I know that getting the flu is probably the furthest thing from your mind right now. But believe it or not, now's the time to "prep" your body against next winter's flu virus.

In this case, the Seattle Times reports that a (now former) FDA scientist was eliminated from his post after opposing the approval of a CT scanner for routine colon cancer screening and raising concerns about its health risks.

Do you know a man who has Parkinson's? You'll want to make sure he reads this.

A recent study at the University of Michigan has found that over 1 in 6 older patients receive the wrong medications in emergency room visits.

Bad news for Big Pharma--a slew of new studies finds that diabetes meds do little to prevent diabetes-related death, and virtually nothing at all to stop new cases of the disease.

You're a Big Pharma giant. You've got drugs to sell. Sure, you've got to have the studies to back up your claims -- I mean, the FDA doesn't just hand out drug approvals, right?

Sooner isn’t always better… especially when it comes to drug research.