We’ve made it to 2026 and everyone has made their New Year’s Resolutions. After eating cheat meals for every meal for the last 2 months, most of these resolutions circle around weight loss. Over the years, gyms have started to offer discounts at New Year’s in anticipation of the “January Surge” that sees a 33-50%Continue reading “The Skinny on GLP-1s”
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“Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism” IS An Evidence-Based Claim
In November, the Centers for Disease Control changed their website to include language that contradicted decades of growing evidence. An addendum was added to the states “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism” and “Studies supporting aContinue reading ““Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism” IS An Evidence-Based Claim”
Fake News: Dispelling 6 Common Myths The Public Believes About Infectious Diseases
By Jacob Osborne, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Infectious Diseases and the practice medicine have been revolutionized in the last 100 years: from the discovery of penicillin in 1928, to the development of a mass-produced polio vaccine in 1954, to the approval of zidovudine to treat HIV at the height of the AIDS epidemic in 1987.Continue reading “Fake News: Dispelling 6 Common Myths The Public Believes About Infectious Diseases”
How Tuberclosis Caused a Vampire Panic and Created Dracula
By Jacob Osborne, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist and Lead Contributor Introduction Vampires have captured the fear and fascination of the public for centuries. From Dracula to Twilight, some of the most popular stories ever told have plots revolving around the undead blood-suckers. Surprisingly, the idea of vampirism predates the legendary 1897 fictional work of Bram Stoker. Continue reading “How Tuberclosis Caused a Vampire Panic and Created Dracula”
Faith, Food and Pharmacy 