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How to Strengthen Your Immune System to Ward Off Illness
Fears regarding the coronavirus have sparked widespread curiosity about how to boost the immune system. A strong immune system helps protect the body from disease-causing pathogens and helps the body remove foreign and harmful pathogens from the body. There is no one way to guarantee that you won’t ever get sick, whether it’s with coronavirus…
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Biologics vs Traditional Prescription Drugs: How Biologics Are Being Used to Heal a Wide Range of Conditions From Eczema to Arthritis
Prescription medications have traditionally been manufactured using chemical substances. More and more, physicians are treating patients diagnosed with a wide range of conditions with a new class of drugs, called biologics or biologic medicine. What is Biologic Medicine? In contrast to traditional medications that are made using chemical compounds, biologics are made using living cells…
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How Working With Your Pharmacist Can Help You Adhere to Your Treatment Plan and Improve Your Health
Treatment Non-adherence at a Glance50% of patients in developed countries don’t take their medications as prescribed. 20% to 30% of new prescriptions are never filled. Poor adherence causes 30% to 50% of treatment failures and 125,000 deaths per year in the US among patients diagnosed with a chronic disease. Patients diagnosed with chronic illness, like diabetes…
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Can Your Mindset Affect Your Health? How Gratitude Boosts Your Immune System, Improves Heart Health, and More
New research is providing mounting evidence that gratitude has a major impact on physical and mental health. What is gratitude? In short, gratitude is being thankful—noticing and appreciating the positive things in life. Gratitude promotes optimism and happiness, but it can also provide important health benefits. Gratitude Improves Heart Health Recent studies suggest that gratitude…
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How Fertility Drugs Work: What Types of Fertility Drugs are Available and How They Increase the Chance of Pregnancy
Infertility is a reproductive condition that affects approximately 10 to 15 percent of couples in the US. It occurs when an irregularity in the body’s reproductive system prevents the conception of a child. Infertility affects both men and women, so it’s possible for both partners to have a fertility issue that needs to be diagnosed…
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Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Cancer: What Is it and How Does it work?
Cancer has traditionally been treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. But these treatments are often accompanied by painful side effects and, in addition to killing cancer cells, some of these treatments also kill the body’s healthy cells. Researchers have been dedicated to finding new cancer treatment options that can be used in combination with…
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How Can Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) Help Aging Men?
Testosterone is a hormone that is important for the male body. It regulates sex drive, maintains bone mass, and helps facilitate the production of red blood cells. As men age, levels of testosterone decline. Between the ages of 30 and 40, testosterone levels in men can start to decrease by as much as one percent…
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Prescription Medications and Nutrient Depletion: What’s the Connection?
Nutrients are vital substances the body obtains from foods and liquids for growth, development, and sustaining bodily functions. Sometimes, medications can interfere with the body’s nutrient balance and cause levels of certain nutrients to become too low. Taking medications short-term does not result in nutrient depletion. However, long-term maintenance medication regimens used to treat chronic…
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How to Get Long-Lasting Results From Your Healthy New Year’s Resolutions
The New Year is a time when millions of Americans decide to change unhealthy behaviors and adopt healthy habits, but few people maintain their resolutions. As with any goal, it can be difficult to stay on track and achieve the final results. How can you stay focused and achieve your New Year’s health resolutions? Start…
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What Are Mitochondrial Disorders and How Common Are They?
Mitochondrial disorders are genetic disorders that affect the mitochondria—an important cellular structure. Within each cell are structures called organelles that perform a specific function, like protection or cell division. Mitochondria are responsible for generating more than 90 percent of the cellular energy that sustains organ function, and therefore our lives. How Do Mitochondrial Disorders Affect…
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