College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of worse health, a researcher contends.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
The US population is getting older, and temperatures are rising. It can be a lethal combination, as three health and climate change researchers explain.
There is a best time to take your medications, but your doctor may not know when that is. Researchers are still figuring it out, one drug at a time.
A new law will let Medicare bargain for the first time. But a health policy scholar explains why it’s unlikely to make much of a difference in how much seniors – or anyone else – pays for their meds.
Believe it or not, medication names are intended to be easy to remember and descriptive of the function they serve in the body.
From tablets and patches to ointments and infusions, the best way to deliver a drug is the one that gets the right amount to the right place.
Prescription opiods, stimulants such as those used to treat ADHD and the ingredients found in sexual dysfunction drugs like Viagra are some of the drugs that are being marketed to US consumers.
When news reports tout a drug, people get interested, even if the benefits are unproven. Patient hopes, requests and demands can easily turn into real prescriptions in their doctor's office.
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