Author: Linda House - Page 2
What to Do If a Child Swallows the Wrong Medication: Immediate Steps to Save a Life
If a child swallows the wrong medication, act fast. Call Poison Control immediately, remove any remaining pills, watch for dangerous symptoms, and avoid vomiting. Learn what to do in the hospital and how to prevent future incidents.
Medication-Induced Psychosis: Recognizing Symptoms and Getting Emergency Help
Medication-induced psychosis can mimic schizophrenia but is often caused by common drugs like steroids, antimalarials, or even Benadryl. Learn the symptoms, which meds trigger it, and how to get emergency help before it turns dangerous.
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Quality: How Broken Systems Put Patients at Risk
Pharmaceutical supply chain failures cause drug shortages, counterfeit meds, and treatment delays that directly harm patients. Learn how broken logistics, centralized manufacturing, and weak tech are putting lives at risk-and what’s being done to fix it.
Gallbladder and Biliary Disease: Understanding Stones, Cholangitis, and ERCP
Gallbladder stones, cholangitis, and ERCP are key parts of biliary disease affecting millions. Learn what causes them, how they're diagnosed, and when treatment is truly needed-backed by 2025 guidelines and real patient outcomes.
How to Read Pharmacy Allergy Alerts and What They Really Mean
Learn how to interpret pharmacy allergy alerts correctly - what's real, what's noise, and how to protect yourself from dangerous misdiagnoses. Most alerts are wrong. Here's how to tell the difference.
Caffeine and Medication Safety: What You Need to Know About Dangerous Interactions
Caffeine can interfere with common medications like warfarin, levothyroxine, and antidepressants, leading to dangerous side effects or reduced effectiveness. Learn which drugs interact with coffee and how to stay safe.
How COVID-19 Caused Drug Shortages and Changed Access to Medications
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread drug shortages and made illegal drug markets more deadly. Essential medications vanished early on, while fentanyl-laced street drugs drove overdose deaths to record highs. Even as supplies recovered, access to treatment remained unequal.
Noise Exposure Limits: How to Protect Your Hearing at Work and Concerts
Learn the science behind safe noise levels at work and concerts, how to protect your hearing, and what regulations actually exist to prevent permanent hearing loss. Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable-here’s how.
How to Calculate Total Cost of Therapy Beyond the Copay
Therapy costs go far beyond your copay. Learn how deductibles, coinsurance, out-of-network fees, and session frequency add up - and how to calculate your real out-of-pocket cost for mental health care.
Wilson’s Disease: Understanding Copper Accumulation and Chelation Therapy
Wilson's disease is a rare genetic disorder causing toxic copper buildup in the liver and brain. Early diagnosis and lifelong chelation therapy can prevent irreversible damage and allow normal life expectancy.
Heart Attack Warning Signs: Recognizing Symptoms and Seeking Emergency Care
Learn the real warning signs of a heart attack-including symptoms women and older adults often miss-and what to do immediately when they occur. Time saves lives.
Bipolar Disorder: How Mood Stabilizers and Antipsychotics Really Work
Learn how mood stabilizers like lithium and antipsychotics like quetiapine manage bipolar disorder, their real-world side effects, why people stop taking them, and what newer treatments are changing the game.