Health & Medications

If you take several medicines, the single most useful thing you can do is keep one complete, up-to-date list and bring it, or the…

Since October 2022, adults in the United States can buy certain hearing aids in a store or online without a prescription or a hearing…

A large study of medical records from older adults with fatty liver disease found that people who started a GLP-1 medicine had fewer serious…

The American Society of Hematology (ASH), a large professional society of blood specialists, has published new guidelines on how to diagnose iron deficiency. The…

Health apps that began by counting steps and tracking sleep are now adding blood tests. You can book a lab visit, pay in the…

Stopping a GLP-1 medicine does not end the need for care. On average, studies find that weight comes back after treatment stops, and some…

If you take a weekly GLP-1 injection, a daily pill may sound easier. But a pill is not a simple swap. The medicine, the…

You open a medicine delivery and the package feels warm, the cooling materials look too thin, or the label leaves you unsure what you…

At a busy table, the talk moves on just as you work out the last sentence. You might smile instead of asking again, and…