Plant Power

Answering patients’ questions about plant-based eating.

Improving Patient Medication Adherence

“Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.” — Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop

Each year, millions of people in the United States are treated for plantar fasciitis (PF), the most common cause of heel pain.

Clinical Care
New FDA-Approved Treatment for Advanced Melanoma
OpdualagTM (nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw) is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 12 years of age or older with melanoma that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery (advanced melanoma).
News
Sex Affects Risk of Long COVID
Women are significantly more likely to suffer from long COVID than men, according to a study published in Current Medical Research.
News
Walgreens to Open Five New Health Corners in Ohio
Walgreens Health, a division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., is collaborating with Buckeye Health Plan, a managed care company, to provide five new Walgreens Health Corner locations in Ohio this summer.

Practice Management
Protecting Patient Access Through Pharmacies
As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that patients have come to rely on and value the accessibility of pharmacies and the clinical services pharmacists provide.
Pennsylvania Boasts the Best Health Care in the Nation
A survey conducted by NiceRX ranks Pennsylvania No. 1 for health care.
Clinical Care
Managing Menopause Symptoms
Recognizing menopause symptoms is the biggest challenge.

Fermentable Fiber Boosts Skin Health
Microbial fermentation of dietary fiber in the gut may protect against allergic skin disease.
Aerosol Vaccines Superior to Nasal Sprays
While nasal sprays get the vaccine into the nose and throat, aerosol vaccines deliver vaccine droplets deep in the airway, where they can induce a broad protective immune response.
Mortality Changes Linked to County Politics
Mortality rates are dropping faster in counties that vote Democrat than in Republican-leaning counties.