Prescription drugs' fine print is important – a toxicologist explains how to decode package inserts to take medications safely and increase their effectiveness

Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better understand how drugs work.

Brad Reisfeld, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Public Health, Colorado State University • conversation
April 24, 2023 • ~10 min

Timing matters for medications – your circadian rhythm influences how well treatments work and how much they might harm you

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.

Tobias Eckle, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Dec. 13, 2022 • ~5 min

Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors – but it can take time we don't have during a pandemic

Public health recommendations have always been a hard sell. Resistance to new behaviors – like the mask-wearing and social distancing advised during the COVID-19 pandemic – is part of human nature.

Randy P. Juhl, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Dec. 29, 2020 • ~7 min

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