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What’s the best kind of birth control pill for you?

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Irma, two natural disasters that delivered a devastating one-two punch of wind and water to the US…

One of the biggest downsides to taking medication is the potential side effects. With most meds, the amount of the drug in the bloodstream…

Last month, the FDA committee responsible for making sure cancer drugs are effective and safe voted unanimously in favor of a new policy…

What’s going on with atenolol? In the last few weeks, pharmacists around the country have started raising alarm that this generic drug — a…

Beta blockers are the workhorses of cardiovascular drugs, used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and to prevent second…

Cannabis (more affectionately known as marijuana, pot or weed) is an extraordinary plant: For millennia, humans have used it to make rope…

For those suffering from chronic depression, your days and nights can be impossible to deal with. You’re not physically ill, but something…

As we get older, our bodies turn against us. Our blood pressure starts to rise, knees develop arthritis and arteries start to clog up. And…

Antibiotics are one of the wonders of modern medicine — they can purge the human body of infections that just a few decades ago would’ve…

Imagine a huge earthquake hitting your area. Or a nuclear explosion. Or a fast-moving epidemic of Ebola or other infectious disease. You…

Here’s something straight out of a zombie horror movie: Toxoplasma gondii. It’s a nasty little parasite that can control the mind of its…

Imagine that you’re at a Major League Baseball game, one of 40,000 people at the ballpark. That’s roughly the number of Americans who will…

Maybe you’ve been suffering from seasonal allergies for a while now — symptoms like a runny nose, sneezing, and red eyes are a daily ordeal…

Pretty much everyone experiences pain at some point in their lives. Sometimes it’s just a headache or a minor injury or brief illness — but…

An asthma attack can be a horrific experience. Imagine your chest tightening so much that it feels like you’re breathing through a straw…

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you probably have a go-to list of medications to combat sneezing, runny nose, coughing, and other…

More often than not, a trip to the doctor’s office will result in you leaving with a new prescription in hand. But before deciding which…

School’s out and summer is here — meaning vacation, whether it’s a three-week jaunt across Europe or a road trip over long holiday weekend…

Alone and exhausted. Thousands of miles from home. Going through airport security in a foreign airport. And then: Shock settles into fear…

Consider the case of Mr. Jones, a new patient I was helping in an ambulatory cardiac clinic. Most of my patients are on multiple…

The drug naloxone, (also known by the brand name, Narcan), has been both a saving grace and, more recently, a lightening rod in the fight…

Big news at Iodine HQ this week: We are a finalist for a Webby Award for Best Health Website!

It’s well known that the US faces an epidemic of addiction to prescription opioids (which are typically prescribed to treat severe pain)…