When you think about the biggest health problems facing our country, COVID-19, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease probably come to mind.
But another affliction—pain—affects more Americans than all of those conditions combined.[1]
The U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has published a list of the most painful health conditions you can get.[2]
If you’ve had any of these, you will probably always remember the suffering you endured.… Read More
News that Merck’s antiviral drug molnupiravir had successfully treated coronavirus patients in clinical trials set off celebrations around the world.
Headlines trumpeted claims that we might finally have a truly effective pill that prevents severe COVID in people who get infected. Shares of Merck stock jumped. One German doctor called molnupiravir “a game changer.”i
A trial involving about 700 people with mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 showed that the medication cut in half the risk of hospitalization.… Read More
With kids back in school and people heading back to the office, something as minor as a cough or runny nose might lead us to get tested for COVID.
A lot has changed since the early days of the pandemic when the only way to get tested was to line up at a testing site. Today, there are many different options. … Read More
Like millions of other Americans, Colin Powell was vaccinated against COVID-19. But unlike others, he was not protected. The virus took his life on Monday at age 84.i
General Powell was secretary of state under President George W. Bush. He also served at the nation’s top soldier as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
After he got sick, Powell received the best of care.… Read More
One of the leading causes of death in the United States is health care.
That sounds absurd. But it’s true. Medical errors lead to some 200,000 American deaths a year.
If medical mistakes were a disease, they would be more deadly than Alzheimer’s and diabetes combined.i
That would make medical errors the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.… Read More