It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We are seeing pink in all directions. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women (with the possible exception of some skin cancers). One in eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Ductal carcinoma in situ is a type of breast cancer that is [...]
Since 1991 there has been a group of geriatricians and other physicians identifying medicines that might be inappropriate in people over age 65. Dr. Mark Beers originally led this group, so it is called the ‘Beers Criteria’. This list has been updated every few years. The most recent update was this month. The medications [...]
Do you have a health issue? If so, you just need a prescription, and you’ll be all better, right? Huey Lewis sang that he ‘wanted a new drug’. His proposed ‘new drug’ had no side effects and made him feel like he felt when falling in love. Does that describe the prescriptions that you take? [...]
