Carolyn Y. Johnson

Washington Post

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Carolyn Y. Johnson is a reporter with the Washington Post, covering the business of health. She is a former science reporter for the Boston Globe.

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Are incentives for so-called "orphan drugs" being misused to jack up the price of one medication by 4000 percent?

An old drug gets a ridiculously high price….again

Are incentives for so-called "orphan drugs" being misused to jack up the price of one medication by 4000 percent?

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For 70 years, it's been known that the lives of yeast, flies and laboratory rats can be extended by dramatically cutting the number of calories in their diets.

Do Hungry Monkeys Live Longer?

For 70 years, it's been known that the lives of yeast, flies and laboratory rats can be extended by dramatically cutting the number of calories in their diets.

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