Blessings on Medicine

The latest issue of the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society (RJJ Journal) is out. Articles include:

• Yarmulkas and Hats: Societal Custom or Halachic Imperative? by R. Henoch Morris
• Sale or Donation of Human Organs by R. Alfred Cohen
• Berachot on Medication by R. Akiva Bergman, MD
• Alzheimer's and Dementia in the Elderly: Halachic Perspectives by R. Zev Shostak
• Can Porcelain be Kashered? by R. Moshe Walter

Here's a quick summary of the Bergman article regarding whether to recite a berakhah on medicine:

• Medicine that tastes bad -- no berakahah
• Medicine that tastes so good you'd eat it even it if wasn't medicine -- yes berakahah
• Medicine that tastes OK -- disagreement over whether to recite a berakhah