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Researchers have revealed that people can gain up to 22 pounds a year due to a prescription medication. If you’ve experienced or are experiencing an unexplained weight gain, i.e., weight gain that has occurred despite little to no change in your eating and exercise habits or without a [...]
Why do patients stop taking their medication? 3 reasons: reminders, money and communication. Nonadherence is costly, physically dangerous, unnecessary and important. One in four patients prescribed antihypertensives stop them within 6 months. One in three patients are off their statins within [...]
A Reporter Eats His Way To Lower Cholesterol Growing Number of Doctors Emphasize Diet, Not Drugs By THOMAS M. BURTON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL When it comes to lowering cholesterol, "diet and exercise" is often a throwaway line from doctors. As in: "If you don't get your [...]