Should you really still be taking low-dose aspirin?
Back in the early days of commercial television, there were tons of obnoxious commercials for a product called Geritol, a supplement to...
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Is a monster lurking in your medicine chest?
Every day, some 750 older Americans are hospitalized for side effects of one or more medicines they’re taking. That doesn’t mean the meds...
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Too much of a good thing?
Vitamin D is good for your health. It helps your body absorb calcium, strengthens your immune system’s ability to fight infection, and...
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8 things to ask when your doctor prescribes a new med
The older you are, the more doctors – your primary care physician and specialists – you’re likely to be seeing, and the more medications...
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Does an aspirin a day really keep heart attacks away?
On the basis of 40-year-old research, millions of people in their 40s and older take a low-dose (81-100 mg) aspirin tablet every day as a...
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Millions may be doing the right thing for the wrong reason
Throughout last year, thanks to rumors of vitamin D warding off coronavirus infection, many, many more Americans started taking it –...
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Some commonly used meds could speed mental decline
A widely used group of prescription and over-the-counter medications could speed up older adults’ mental decline, a series of studies in...
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Price isn’t the only difference between brand-name meds and generics
It should comes as no surprise to learn that pharmaceutical research and development isn’t cheap. Developing one cancer drug to the point...
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What To Take With All Your Prescription Meds
The older we get, the more prescription medicines we seem to need – sometimes too many. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 68...
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