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INVESTIGATING GENERICS: America’s Overlooked Drug Crisis

Eight years ago, Lisa Salberg, now 56, received a heart transplant at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey after living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a heart…

Jun 19, 2025

Rethinking Statins: Inside the Fierce Debate Over Cholesterol and Heart Health

On clear winter mornings, Steve Kaplan hikes up a nearby ski hill in California at Lake Tahoe, before the resort opens to ski back down…

May 23, 2025

The PPI Debate: Are Heartburn Drugs Like Prilosec and Nexium Linked to Dementia?

Most of George Grossberg’s patients have lists of medications as long as his arm. So it takes the geriatric psychiatrist no small amount of time to…

May 9, 2025

Side Effects of the New Alzheimer’s Drugs

On July 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kisunla (donanemab-azbt), an intravenous drug designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.1 About three weeks…

Jul 11, 2024

COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effect Tracker

Most Recent Updates: Click the dates to jump to more details. May 17, 2024: Astrazeneca is facing two lawsuits. One is a class action lawsuit…

May 17, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Hypertension

High blood pressure (hypertension) is sometimes called the “silent killer.” It often has no symptoms at all, but it can raise your risk of deadly events such as heart…

May 13, 2024

Outdoor Recreation Boosts Mental Health

I love this time of year, and maybe that has a lot to do with where I am blessed enough to live. In the heart…

Apr 15, 2024

Hospital-Induced Delirium

I wasn’t prepared for the late-night call from the hospital. My elderly mother, who’d recently been admitted, was swearing at the nurses, demanding they call…

May 20, 2021

Insomnia? Skip the Meds for Other Therapies Without Side Effects

Roughly four percent of Americans are taking a Prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aids are among the most widely used medicines. Their popularity has been…

Aug 18, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About ACE Inhibitors

Editor’s note (08/06/20): Because COVID-19 is thought to attach itself to ACE-2 enzymes as a way to gain entry to the human body, some people…

Aug 3, 2020

Pros and Cons: Prednisone

If you visit the doctor from time to time for anything other than a routine checkup, it’s likely that at some point you’ve received a…

Jul 29, 2020