Learn how to report a medication error to your provider-step by step. Discover what counts as an error, how to gather evidence, where to report, and why your voice matters in preventing future mistakes.
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a medical emergency. Starting steroid therapy within 72 hours dramatically improves recovery chances. Learn why steroids are the only proven treatment-and what to do if they don't work.
Learn the FDA's official rules for safely disposing of expired medications. Find take-back locations, understand the flush list, and follow step-by-step home disposal methods to prevent misuse and environmental harm.
NAFLD and NASH are stages of fatty liver disease. NASH involves inflammation and fibrosis, raising risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Weight loss can reverse it, and new drugs like resmetirom offer hope for advanced cases.
A comprehensive guide to liver transplantation, covering eligibility criteria, surgical procedures, immunosuppression regimens, long-term care, and recent advances in transplant medicine.
Learn which foods affect warfarin, how vitamin K impacts your INR, and how to eat safely without giving up healthy foods. Essential guidelines for anyone on this blood thinner.
Learn how community health presentations are helping people understand that generic drugs are just as safe and effective as brand-name medicines-while saving billions in healthcare costs.
Parkinson’s disease causes tremor, stiffness, and slowness due to dopamine loss in the brain. Dopamine replacement with levodopa is the most effective treatment, but long-term use can lead to side effects. Learn how symptoms develop and how medication works - and what’s next in treatment.
Pharmaceutical prices vary dramatically across countries due to policy differences. The U.S. has high list prices but low generic costs, while countries like Japan and France use negotiation and price caps to keep costs down. Medicare's new negotiation power is changing the landscape.
Generic drug shortages are rising, putting patient safety at risk. Learn why these essential medications keep running out, how they affect treatment, and what’s being done-or not done-to fix the crisis.
Generics make up 90% of prescriptions but only 25% of drug spending - yet they drive nearly all pharmacy profits. Here’s how the broken economics of PBMs, spreads, and clawbacks are reshaping who wins and who loses in the drug supply chain.
Energy drinks combined with stimulant medications can dangerously raise blood pressure and heart rate, increasing the risk of heart attacks and arrhythmias-especially in teens and young adults. Here’s what the science says and what you need to know.