Sam Aptekar Phuoc Le By PHUOC LE, MD and SAM APTEKAR In the last fifteen years, we have witnessed dozens of natural disasters affecting our most vulnerable patients, from post-hurricane victims in Haiti to drought and famine refugees in Malawi. The vast majority of these patients suffered from acute on chronic disasters, culminating in life-threatening… Read More »
The research found that people who take their anti-hypertensive medicine before bed had better-controlled blood pressure and consequently had a much lower risk of death or illness from heart problems when compared to people who took their medication in the morning. Compared to those who took their medicine in the morning, the people who took… Read More »
Supporters react as US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrives with his wife Jane for a rally at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California on May 31, 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) Getty At a climate-themed CNN ‘town hall’ event on Wednesday, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders made comments that have… Read More »
One conversation with Kelly Cartwright is enough to change how you view your life. She’s got enough inspiration in her story to make a stadium full of people want to view their own stories very differently. She’s a mother first, Paralympian second, and all-around boss third. When she was fifteen years old, she had a form… Read More »
Proposed changes to rules governing the confidentiality of patient records created by federally assisted substance use disorder treatment programs are facing strong opposition from stakeholder groups. Addiction treatment, healthcare and privacy rights organizations are raising the red flag regarding last week’s proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services—they contend that the rules would… Read More »
In a recent study, mice that ate a diet with reduced levels of a particular amino acid responded better to cancer treatments. The findings are intriguing, but the authors call for caution. Meat and eggs contain particularly high levels of methionine. Doctors and other experts now understand the significant role that nutrition plays in health.… Read More »