Browsing: asthma

Around the country this July, the skies grew hazy and the sun burned red, as the smoke of wildfires from…

Corticosteroids, also known as glucocorticoids or steroids, aren’t the same as the anabolic steroids athletes misuse. Corticosteroids are used to treat…

We are all aware that medications have side effects. We hear the long list rattled off at the end of…

Medication and lifestyle changes are equally important. Asthma cannot be properly managed without them both.

Medicine that doesn’t work, or if overused cases harm, sounds like bad news, but in fact, is good news. About…

Is it possible that vitamin D can ward off cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, metabolic disorders, depression, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, mortality and even autism? Readers of health articles have been deluged by such stories.

Nearly one-third of all patients will stop taking a prescription medication without even telling their doctor. There are a variety…

All medicines come with side effects, some good, some bad. The corticosteroid prednisone is no exception. Prednisone has life-saving anti-inflammatory…

All medicines come with side effects, some good, some bad. The corticosteroid prednisone is no exception. Prednisone has life-saving anti-inflammatory…

Nearly 20% of children have taken at least 1 prescription medication in the last month, and 7.5% took 2 or…