The statistics are everywhere and they are alarming: Nationally 1 in 4 are addicted to opiates; up to 125 people die every day from overdosing on heroin and opioid pain medications Over all, drug overdoses now cause more deaths than car crashes. The drugs that are killing
As we journey through this cold and flu season, I hope many of us heed Nona’s advice about chicken soup being good for a cold. When it came to sleep, it was my Papu who always said getting a good night’s rest keeps the cold
Did your home team make the Super Bowl this year? If so, congratulations! Also, you may be more likely to get the flu. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s actually a super interesting phenomenon! The findings come from a study just published in the
Are you pregnant or thinking of getting pregnant? You might want to change your mind about your “baby moon” destination. It’s all over the news, but just a month ago no one in North America had really heard of it. Yet if you live in South
[spacer height="20px"]A new Nordic study just released the most interesting data about cancer and family risk we’ve seen to date! [spacer height="20px"]They followed more than 200,000 fraternal and identical twins for over 30 years, and compared their risk of developing certain cancers to the rest of
Well it’s New Years, and everywhere you look there are ads for the “NEW YOU” or articles about “DROP THE WEIGHT FAST” and “HOW TO KEEP YOUR RESOLUTIONS.” I don’t know about you, but all of this hype surrounding New Year’s resolutions makes me anxious! Why
[spacer height="20px"]I’ve always felt a tad guilty about my coffee habit. It began in medical school and, at its worst, this habit had me brewing two pots of coffee a day to keep me at my most alert and energetic. These days I have 2
[spacer height="20px"]America is #1 – that is, in terms of the number of people on prescription medications. We outrank the rest of the word in terms of how many people take meds regularly and the number of multiple medications people are on! [spacer height="20px"]Don’t have time
Triphenyl phosphate, or TPHP, is used to manufacture plastic and to stop foam furniture from catching fire. It also happens to help make nail polishes more flexible and durable. It was added to polishes as a substitute for the toxic chemical phthalates that were linked
[spacer height="20px"]One estimate suggests diagnostic errors affect at least 12 million adults each year, or about 5 percent of adults who go to doctors or clinics! [spacer height="20px"]Wrong or late diagnoses are actually more common than medication mistakes or surgery performed on the wrong patient or
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