During my childhood, I had a cognitive impairment which inhibited me verbally. I felt like the majority of situations and conversations I was in were really difficult for me whereas everyone else knew what to say and do with relative ease. There were many times I had difficulty processing simple information and I didn’t understand… Read More »
“Doctor, can you take away any of my medications? I am taking too many pills.” As physicians, we hear this request frequently. The population most affected by the issue of being prescribed multiple medications, known as polypharmacy, is the elderly. Trying to organize long lists of medications, and remembering to take them exactly as prescribed,… Read More »
Given the number of younger women using atypical antipsychotic medications, there is an urgent need for more accurate data regarding the reproductive safety of these medications. One important question is whether these newer antipsychotic medications, which have been associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes, may increase the risk of gestational diabetes… Read More »
People can experience hair loss for numerous reasons including cause, if supplements medications having difficulty losing weight you might want to consider that you could have an HGH deficiency. Also known as vitamin B7, as they grow older. Iron Iron deficiency is the primary cause of hair loss in premenopausal women and is often the… Read More »
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued updated recommendations on the use of medications to reduce the risk of breast cancer. The experts recommend that clinicians should offer preventive medications to women with an elevated risk of developing breast cancer due to factors such as family history or harmful BRCA mutations, but women… Read More »
[embedded content] Español Subscribe: FDA Consumer Health Information Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, resulting in more than 480,000 deaths annually. Almost 70 percent of current smokers report wanting to quit smoking, but quitting can be hard and often takes multiple attempts. A variety of FDA-approved medications are… Read More »
When you went to the pharmacy to pick up your prescription for a basic generic drug that you have been using for years, did you get sticker shock. Did you wonder why it suddenly costs two or even three times as much? If this has not happened to you consider yourself fortunate because it is… Read More »