Kathleen Kozak

There’s no doubt 18- to 20-year-olds are better off if they never light up, but how far do we want to push the criminalization of unhealthy behavior?

Many over-the-counter remedies don’t work, but the FDA is better served going after supplements and analyzing new drugs.

The intentional crashing of a plane in the Alps raises troubling questions about how we deal with pilots who are medically or psychologically unfit to fly.

Medical doctors are able to write prescriptions for psychological diagnoses. Why shouldn’t properly trained psychologists be able to prescribe drugs for mental health reasons?

Recent approval of yet another prescription-free emergency contraceptive helps make the case that regular birth control should be available OTC, too.

It’s time for the FDA to lift its ban on commercially available genetic testing and give consumers the power to affect their own medical futures.

The deadly bacteria discovered at a California hospital is not foreign to Hawaii, and it underscores the dangers of antibiotic overuse.