USA Today, April 24, 2016. Americans are taking more prescription medications. They also are taking more supplements — everything from vitamin and mineral pills to fish and flax seed oils. The natural result: More are combining drugs and supplements. That may be riskier than many consumers realize. “It’s a serious concern, and the risk is…Continue Reading Warning: Supplements and medications may not mix
The Washington Post, March 24, 2016. The number of older Americans at risk for a potentially life-threatening drug interaction doubled between 2005 and 2010, according to a new study — but not just from the prescriptions they fill at the pharmacy or the medicines they buy over the counter. “Dietary supplements, which are not really…Continue Reading Older Americans are taking their vitamins — and that could be dangerous
The Atlantic, April 13, 2015. Researchers are looking in the wrong place: White people live longer not because of their DNA but because of inequality. As a thought experiment, say that scientists got ancestry right and cooked up a drug that closed the cardiovascular disease mortality gap. Would it do any good? Considering that more…Continue Reading Genes Don’t Cause Racial-Health Disparities, Society Does
CNN, December 2008. One in three adults age 57 to 85 take at least five prescription drugs. Mix of prescriptions, over-the-counters and diet supplements could be dangerous. 175,000 older adults visit ER every year because of adverse drug events. Women more likely to take prescription drugs and dietary supplements “Half of the interactions we saw…Continue Reading Older Americans take risky combo of medications