A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that nearly 5% of U.S. physicians left clinical practice in 2019, representing a 40% increase in just six years.
It confirms what every practicing doctor already knows: America’s physicians are burning out, checking out, and getting out, with female physicians and those in rural areas being the most likely to exit. Continue reading
More than half a million bottles of blood pressure medication have been urgently recalled over potentially cancer-causing chemicals.
New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals US and distributor Amerisource Health Services voluntarily recalled more than 580,000 bottles of various strengths of prazosin hydrochloride, mainly sold under the brand names Minipress and Prazin, a blood pressure drug taken by 500,000 Americans. Continue reading
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the makers of Tylenol, accusing the companies of “deceptively marketing” the drug to pregnant women despite being aware of the risks to the neurological development of unborn children.
Paxton is suing both Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, two companies that make the over-the-counter drug, after the Trump administration recommended last month that pregnant woman avoid the drug due to alleged links to autism. Continue reading
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are warning that President Trump’s September memo to crack down on misleading prescription drug advertising may be a step toward censorship. I see it differently. As someone who once fell for the powerful messaging of the alcohol industry, I am glad the president is asking whether these ads are truly serving people or subconsciously harming them.
Fifteen years ago, I believed what the commercials told me. Another drink meant more fun, more connection, more of the life I thought I wanted. It reduced the stress of my work and prevented me from feeling the pains of childhood difficulties. But it also created enormous challenges that caught up to me a few years ago, as my husband and I replaced love with verbal fights in front of our two children. Continue reading
United Nation’s World Health Organization
(1353), December 20, 2001 ~ Paul Dietrich was visiting Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, during its civil war in 1984, when an educational billboard taught him a lesson he never forgot.
Dietrich, a former publisher of the old weekly Saturday Review, was in Africa working with a Catholic charity. He was driving in his Land Rover, the only working motorized vehicle for miles. Poverty-stricken people surrounded him, most of them on foot, though a lucky few rode oxen. The billboard was the only one he’d seen in all Mozambique. Though most of the chaotic, war-torn country was plagued by regular power outages, the sign had its own electrical supply. This billboard was paid for by the World Health Organization (WHO), the international bureaucracy created, in the words of its constitution, to “promote and protect the health of all peoples.” Continue reading
About two-thirds of breast cancer cases are detected at a localized stage, when the disease remains confined to the breast and treatment tends to be effective.
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Breast cancer accounts for roughly 30 percent of all new cancer diagnoses in women each year, making it the most common cancer among women in the United States after skin cancers. The lifetime risk for a woman developing breast cancer is about 1 in 8.
Breast cancer incidence has been increasing in recent years, with a slightly higher rate in women under 50. On a more hopeful note, about two-thirds of cases are identified at an early stage, when the cancer hasn’t spread beyond the breast, and treatment is generally more effective. Continue reading
Doctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.
For decades, millions of people have been advised to take aspirin to reduce their risk of experiencing a serious cardiovascular event. A daily low-dose aspirin makes blood less sticky and helps prevent heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading
Between stress, allergies, injuries, chronic conditions, genetics and the general state of the world, a lot of us are walking buckets of aches and pains lately. It’s pretty easy and, to most people, seemingly harmless to turn to over-the-counter medications to relieve those daily physical indignities—but “seemingly” is the key word here.
According to doctors, if you currently take Advil every day, you may want to think twice about it. Here, physicians break down why it may be risky to have a daily Advil habit and what some safer and healthier alternatives may be for pain relief. Continue reading
The American College of Physicians issued a report on Monday indicating that a shortage of prescription medication is causing a “public health crisis.”
The report states that this ongoing shortage is leading to poor health outcomes and placing significant strain on physicians and hospitals. It emphasizes that patient and physician administrative burdens exacerbate the shortage. Continue reading
The FDA said that a generic version of metoprolol was recalled because it failed to meet the agency’s criteria. (Oh GOODY – My Heart Doctah has this stuff prescribed to me! – Editor)
The Food and Drug Administration on July 8 upgraded a recall of a generic version of blood pressure medication metoprolol to its second-highest level because it failed to meet the FDA’s own criteria.
The recall notice encompasses metoprolol succinate extended-release tablets in 25 milligram doses in 100-count and 500-count bottles. India-based Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc., the manufacturer, voluntarily recalled the medication, which is a beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and angina, or chest pain. Continue reading
A ‘few-foods,’ diet appears to be a promising therapeutic approach for those with ADHD and could cut down on preschool medication use.
In the most unexpected way, Jenny Dunlap stumbled upon a solution for her oldest son’s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
When her youngest child was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Dunlap’s whole family stopped eating sugar and grains. By eliminating these foods, her older son, John – whose behavioral and social struggles hadn’t been resolved with various therapies or medication – was suddenly like a different person. Continue reading
President Donald Trump has announced a deal that is set to slash the cost of fertility treatments for millions of Americans.
In a press conference from the Oval Office, the commander-in-chief said his administration had reached a deal with the US arm of German drugmaker Merck to cut the price of its in-vitro fertilization (IVF) medications by up to 84 percent. Continue reading
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But wait there’s more… It was not just Ritalin and Adderall being prescribed for so-called learning and behavior disorder but also Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s) were becoming popular. I was on the Colorado State Board of Education when the Columbine massacre happened. One of my fellow board member’s daughter went to Columbine and was hiding from Eric and Dylin (the shooters) in the library closet. She had phoned her dad as it was happening.
This massacre ripped our hearts out. I felt obligated to do some research which revealed that in school shootings, before Columbine, every shooter I could get information on was already receiving some form of psychological counseling and was on one or more psychiatric drug. Eric Harris was prescribed Luvox (fluvoxamine) for depression and was in counseling as part of a juvenile diversion program. Toxicology reports confirmed Luvox in his system at the time of the shooting. His counseling involved a psychiatrist who prescribed the medication. Continue reading