Medication Posts

Opioids for cancer pain: Are there risks?

Cancer Care Jun 24, 2020

With the ongoing opioid crisis, many people are concerned about becoming addicted to opioids. For patients with cancer, it is ...Read More

Polypill offers promise for heart health

Heart Care Jan 24, 2020

A recent study showed there may be new reason for optimism in our ability to prevent major cardiovascular events, like ...Read More

Heart deaths dip below cancer deaths in high income nations

Heart Care Jan 17, 2020

In so-called “high-income” nations, cancer has passed cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death. “In the PURE study, cardiovascular ...Read More

New daily aspirin guidelines: 3 things to know

Heart Care Oct 7, 2019

If you do not have heart disease, taking once daily aspirin to protect your heart may do more harm than ...Read More

Antibiotic resistance and kids: What you need to know

Kid's Health, Wellness Mar 25, 2019

Doctors have used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections for more than 90 years. Modern advances in medicine like complicated surgeries, ...Read More