Americans are consuming prescription pills in record numbers and, believe it or not, many people believe that we are not any healthier. It is estimated that we will finish the calendar year 2017 having filled roughly 4.3 billion prescriptions with...
Every year, more than 2 million Americans suffer from serious drug reactions. These reactions cause about 100,000 deaths per year, making prescription drugs the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Illegal drugs cause about 10,000...
Medicine, like other professions, has some outstanding practitioners, some incompetents, and a large number of mediocre performers. It’s especially hard to assess physicians, however, because their judgments have an air of authority and scientific...