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Grapefruit and grapefruit juice are healthful, providing enough vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber, and other nutrients to earn the American Heart Association's heart-check mark. That's the good news. The bad news is that grapefruit juice can intera...

The laws and restrictions surrounding opioid prescriptions can be complex. If you've just been prescribed opioids, follow these tips and guidelines to avoid any complications.

PCSK9 inhibitors are a new class of medication that shows a lot of promise for lowering cholesterol. But is there more that you need to know? A Johns Hopkins expert suggests questions to bring to your doctor
Research Shows
Could PCSK9 Inhibitors Add Years to Life
In a meta-analysis of multiple trials covering more than 10,000 patients, German researchers found that the treatment of high cholesterol…

Consistency is key when managing a heart kid’s medications. Here are 3 tips to help you keep those heart medications straight.

The parents that forget aren't bad parents. They are busy, distracted parents. Over the years, both as a pediatrician and parent, I've learned some tips that can help.

For people with heart failure, medication is an important part of the treatment plan. But the medications themselves can quickly become confusing and overwhelming.

Hearing that your medication has been recalled can be unsettling. We like to think that our medications are perfect, but the truth ...

If you take certain medicines for high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms or allergies, your pharmacist may have told you to avoid...

Several tweeps sent me a link to this article, “The most scientific birth is often the least technological” in The Atlantic. There are some things that are scientifically okay with the …

Is there a waiting period between getting botox injections after finishing Medrol 4 mg pak? I recently had posion ivy and was put on this medication for 6...

If you are taking liquid medicines or administering them to a child, consider these 10 safety strategies to prevent errors.

The Mayo Clinic reports that nearly seven in 10 Americans take prescription drugs - antibiotics, antidepressants and painkiller opioids were reported as the most common prescriptions given. A whopping 20 percent of U.S. patients were also found to be on...

Some congenital heart disease medications can have side effects. Diet, exercise, alternative therapy, and meditation can help ease symptoms.

The American Heart Association explains the common high blood pressure medications, and also helps you mananage medications to lower your blood pressure. Also, learn what over-the-counter medicines can raise your blood pressure.

After a day of going full-speed, it's often hard to put on the brakes and simply coast into sleep mode.
WCCO photojournalist Melissa Martz can relate to that problem.

Although we think if a doctor prescribes a medication that it's going to help, a lot of therapies benefit very few patients.

Research Highlights: Heart-healthy lifestyle habits are always recommended whether blood pressure or cholesterol medications are prescribed or not, yet many patients let healthy habits slip after starting the prescription drugs. In a Finnish study,...

We talk a lot about the dangers of poor sleep. It can impact health risks, mental and physical well-being, performance and quality of life. But one other serious consequence of poor sleep that’s often overlooked is accidental death
A recent study emphasized that danger for unintended fatal injury. Researchers in Norway undertook a large-scale evaluation of the relationship between symptoms of insomnia and the risk of…

Dosing medicines can be a tricky process: How much of a medication actually ends up hitting its target can vary a lot between patients, sometimes for mysterious reasons. As it turns out, even the things living in our bodies could be gobbling up our d