We just returned from our first weekend away from home since my husband's stroke 20 months ago.
Jim T. Miller | Posted 05.07.2012
Dear Savvy Senior: What resources can you recommend for locating government assistance programs for seniors? My husband and I have been helping support his mother for the past three years and we can't afford to do it any longer.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 05.28.2012
When it comes to benefits, psychiatric medications hold their own when compared with general medical medications in the treatment of a great number of diseases that affect so many people.
AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 03.04.2012
TRENTON, N.J. — The number of new prescription drug shortages in 2011 shot up to 267, well above the prior record and about four times the numbe...
Suzy Cohen, R.Ph. | Posted 10.26.2011
Climate-related disasters give us little or no time to think about our medications, because we are focused on protecting our family, the property and staying safe.
Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 08.26.2011
Unfortunately, too-few experts offer the following advice: People can -- and should -- simply reduce the number of medications they need.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Because there's no single cause for alopecia, many myths have emerged to explain it, along with a raft of specious cures.
Posted 05.25.2011
Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors with questionable records millions of dollars to endorse their drugs, Propublica reports. According to ...
Loraine Boyle | Posted 11.17.2011
Being in a controlled trial means the participants are randomly assigned either an old drug or the new one in order to find out its benefits or risks. In the fast-changing world of medication, the FDA needs to revise the protocol.
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011
A good chunk of those beautifully printed, fully legible prescriptions never make it to the drug store to be converted into actual pills.
Denise Brodey | Posted 05.25.2011
Uncertainty is rampant when it comes to health purchases. Americans are becoming a hint more skeptical.
Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011
My first real spiritual teacher, Ram Dass, used to explain that while one's true, essential self was eternally pure and whole, our temporal personalities might still need the occasional tune-up.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011
What's good for our bodies is good for the planet -- and what's bad for the earth is bad for our health.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011
I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...
Cindy Letchworth | Posted 11.17.2011
The ASPCA has reminded us pet lovers that certain valentine treats can be harmful to our furry companions.
Natalia Rose | Posted 11.17.2011
Anger is the desire to protect. It is not some dark, evil emotion that we should shun. Yet, when we suppress it, anger waits for an opportunity to express itself out of its original context.
Doug Bremner | Posted 11.17.2011
Kudos to the New York Times for bringing up the issue and pointing out the risk of bisphosphonate drugs that are supposed to save you from fractures.
Doug Bremner | Posted 05.25.2011
Competition and the private marketplace is not the best approach for healthcare. You just think it is because you've been listening to a bunch of fruit-loops like Rush Limbaugh and Neil Boortz.
Myra Demeter | Posted 05.08.2012