We recognize that a medicine that sits on the shelf, out of reach financially, doesn't help anyone. So, we're trying to make sure people don't fall through the cracks.

The D.C. city council's price control bill is bad medicine for every District resident who relies on prescription drugs. If local governments unilaterally cap medicine prices based on artificially low foreign prices, companies may be forced to make difficult decisions about the scope and type of research and development investments, keeping new medicines in the laboratory longer and out of the neighborhood pharmacy.

We've all been trying to come up with our own type of game plan until there's better evidence-based medicine to guide us,

Treating a daytime cough, the (medicine) is probably no use. But trying some preparations to treat a nighttime cough is reasonable if it lets the family and kid sleep better. Chances are, it's not going to help.

They told us that her liver was so bad that medicine wasn't going to help it and she needed a liver transplant. We knew it was really serious because they wanted to do it quick.

Laughter is one of the best medicines that may help us get by in life one day at a time.