About this Blog:
As a pharmacist, I am used to providing medical information to patients, and like many health care professionals I am
Surgical Treatment for Diabetes
Weight loss surgery is now recommended as a treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes who have a body mass
Kratom: Panacea or Poison?
Kratom comes from a tree from Southeast Asia, related to the coffee plant, that contains mind altering substances in its
Orthorexia: A New Eating Disorder?
The consequences of eating too much of the wrong kinds of foods is well known and includes increased risk of
Diabetes and Cancer
Diabetes and cancer are both very serious diseases that seem to have very different origins and effects on the body.
Why You Can’t Get a Lower Cost Generic Drug
Pharmaceutical manufacturers spend millions of dollars developing, testing, and marketing new drug products. The vast majority of new chemical entities
Things Your Pharmacist Knows
Pharmacists go to school for several years and learn a lot of things, and then they get jobs and learn
What Are Orphan Drugs?
Medications that treat rare diseases are generally not profitable for drug companies to develop because there is not a large
John Snow: Father of Epidemiology
In 1831 John Snow was 18 and an apprentice physician in London when a cholera epidemic broke out. At the
Three Things Stem Cells Might Treat
The promise of stem cell therapy to treat and cure many conditions has already led to the proliferation of clinics
Natural Products for Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes can often be managed with changes to diet and an increase in exercise. These are the first
