When To Check Your Medications

      Check Your Medications with Your Doctor There are a few times that you need to check your medications. Most primary care physicians want you to make a routine appointment at least every six months so they can go through your medications and check...

World No Tobacco Day

Image is from World Health Organization Every day people are dying from tobacco use. In totality annually tobacco use is responsible for 6 million deaths every year. Some experts estimate that by 2030, the average casualties from tobacco will rise to 8 million per...

Understanding Sarcoma Cancer

Sarcoma is a very rare form of cancer. It is also different from most types of cancer because it occurs and grows in connective tissue. The cancer cells grow in parts of the body that support or connect other types of tissue to the body. While the tumors can appear...

The Need for Hepatitis C Testing in Primary Care

♦ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommend that adults born during 1945– 1965 should receive one time testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) without prior ascertainment of HCV risk (Strong...

The right drug. The right dose. The right time.

Genes and Drugs Patients differ in response to drugs. This variation can range from potentially life threatening adverse drug reactions to an equally serious lack of therapeutic efficacy even after taking the standard and safe dose of a drug. As knowledge of the human...