More and more people have become aware of the dangers of excessive fructose in their diet. A new review on fructose in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) indicates just how dangerous this simple sugar may be.
Richard J. Johnson, MD and Takahiko Nakagawa, MD (Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado) provide a concise overview of recent clinical (more…)
Some health insurance plans and large employers have begun to pay pharmacists to monitor patients with chronic diseases‚ such as diabetes and heart disease‚ to ensure they take their prescribed medications.
In several independent drugstores‚ national chains‚ and supermarkets‚ pharmacists partner with doctors and nurses to care for patients with long–term illness. About half of U.S. patients do not take their medications as prescribed‚ (more…)