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COPD Maintenance: How Triple Inhaler Therapy Reduces Exacerbations

COPD Maintenance: How Triple Inhaler Therapy Reduces Exacerbations
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Health Conditions
11 Jan | 11:24 AM

Triple inhaler therapy combines three medications to reduce COPD exacerbations in high-risk patients with elevated eosinophil counts. Learn who benefits, the risks, and how adherence impacts outcomes.

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Statins and Antifungals: What Patients Need to Know About This Dangerous Drug Interaction

Statins and Antifungals: What Patients Need to Know About This Dangerous Drug Interaction
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Medications
10 Jan | 11:58 AM

Statins and certain antifungals can cause dangerous drug interactions that raise the risk of muscle damage. Learn which combinations are risky, safer alternatives, and what to do if you're taking both.

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Absolute Risk vs Relative Risk in Drug Side Effects: How to Read the Numbers

Absolute Risk vs Relative Risk in Drug Side Effects: How to Read the Numbers
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Health and Medicine
5 Jan | 12:14 PM

Learn how absolute and relative risk numbers in drug ads can mislead you. See why 50% risk reduction might mean just a 1% real change - and how to ask the right questions to make smarter health choices.

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Opioids in Older Adults: How Falls, Delirium, and Dose Errors Put Lives at Risk

Opioids in Older Adults: How Falls, Delirium, and Dose Errors Put Lives at Risk
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Health and Medicine
4 Jan | 11:32 AM

Opioids in older adults increase fall risk, trigger delirium, and can be deadly at standard doses. Learn why lower doses, careful monitoring, and non-drug options are critical for safe pain management in seniors.

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Medications and Athletes: How Performance Drugs Affect Health and Performance

Medications and Athletes: How Performance Drugs Affect Health and Performance
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Medications
3 Jan | 11:16 AM

Performance-enhancing drugs give athletes quick results but come with severe, often permanent health risks. Learn how steroids, SARMs, and other substances affect the heart, hormones, and tendons-and what safer alternatives actually work.

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How Culture Shapes What We Accept - Even When It’s Generic

How Culture Shapes What We Accept - Even When It’s Generic
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Health and Wellness
3 Jan | 02:17 AM

Culture shapes how people accept even the most generic products - from medicines to apps. Understanding cultural dimensions like uncertainty avoidance and collectivism can double adoption rates and build real trust.

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Monitoring While on Statins: What Lab Tests You Really Need and When

Monitoring While on Statins: What Lab Tests You Really Need and When
Posted by: Dorian Wellings in: Medications
1 Jan | 13:07 PM

Learn what lab tests are actually needed when taking statins, when to worry about liver or muscle side effects, and why routine testing may do more harm than good. Evidence-based guidance for safe, effective use.

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

Published ON: 18 Jan
Turmeric and Blood Thinners: What You Need to Know About the Dangerous Interaction
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.

Published ON: 19 Jan
Congressional Bills Aim to Tackle Drug and Healthcare Provider Shortages in 2026
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.

Published ON: 16 Jan
Long-Term Steroid Tapers: How ACTH Testing Guides Safe Adrenal Recovery
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.

Published ON: 17 Jan
Planning for Patent Expiry: What Patients and Healthcare Systems Need to Do Now
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.

Published ON: 12 Jan

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