Archive: 2026/01

Antipsychotics and Cardiac Medications: Understanding QT Prolongation Risks

Antipsychotics can prolong the QT interval, increasing the risk of dangerous heart rhythms. Learn which drugs carry the highest risk, how to monitor for danger, and why avoiding treatment can be more deadly than the medication itself.

Asthma and COPD Medications: Key Interactions and Safety Risks You Need to Know

Asthma and COPD medications can interact dangerously with common drugs like painkillers, antibiotics, and sleep aids. Learn which combinations to avoid and how to protect your breathing with a simple safety checklist.

Turmeric and Blood Thinners: What You Need to Know About the Dangerous Interaction

Turmeric and curcumin supplements can dangerously increase bleeding risk when taken with blood thinners like warfarin or aspirin. Real cases show INR levels spiking to life-threatening levels. Avoid combining them without medical supervision.

Turmeric and Blood Thinners: What You Need to Know About the Dangerous Interaction

Turmeric and curcumin supplements can dangerously increase bleeding risk when taken with blood thinners like warfarin or aspirin. Real cases show INR levels spiking to life-threatening levels. Avoid turmeric supplements if you're on anticoagulants.

What Happens When You Don't Take Your Medication as Prescribed

Skipping your prescribed medication might seem harmless, but it leads to preventable hospitalizations, rising healthcare costs, and thousands of avoidable deaths every year. Here’s what really happens when you don’t take your pills as directed.

Long-Term Steroid Tapers: How ACTH Testing Guides Safe Adrenal Recovery

Long-term steroid use suppresses natural cortisol production. ACTH stimulation testing is the only reliable way to safely determine when your adrenal glands have recovered enough to stop replacement therapy. This guide explains how the test works, when to do it, and why skipping it can be life-threatening.

Congressional Bills Aim to Tackle Drug and Healthcare Provider Shortages in 2026

Two congressional bills aim to fix drug and healthcare provider shortages in 2026, but both are stalled by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Here's what they do, why they're stuck, and who's paying the price.

Benzodiazepines in the Elderly: Risks and Safer Alternatives

Benzodiazepines pose serious risks for seniors-including falls, memory loss, and dementia. Learn why doctors now recommend avoiding them and what safer, proven alternatives exist for anxiety and insomnia.

FeNO Testing: How It Helps Manage Asthma by Measuring Airway Inflammation

FeNO testing measures airway inflammation in asthma by detecting nitric oxide in exhaled breath. It helps doctors confirm diagnosis, adjust treatment, and reduce flare-ups with objective, non-invasive data.

Planning for Patent Expiry: What Patients and Healthcare Systems Need to Do Now

Patent expiry means cheaper drugs-but only if you're prepared. Learn how patients and healthcare systems can save money and avoid disruptions when brand-name drugs go generic.