Hair loss can greatly affect a patient's quality of life and may be nonscarring or scarring. It can be caused by various factors, including hereditary conditions like androgenetic alopecia (AGA), ...

The use of antipsychotic medications for purposes other than those officially approved is common among older adults in Finland. This emerges from a large registry study conducted by the University of ...

A revelation that a university hospital in Tokyo has been habitually administering a powerful sedative banned for use on children placed on ventilators has raised safety questions on the reportedly ...

In March 2023, I started working at a large retail pharmacy as a technician. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I donned my crisp, blue technician’s uniform complete with my slightly lopsided name tag on ...

Charlie McCone, a San Francisco marketing specialist, developed long COVID in 2020. Before he recovered, he developed another acute case of COVID, and in 2021 his long COVID worsened. He’s been sick ...

A new sociomedical perspective shows how off-label use of GLP-1 drugs for slimness is redefining what counts as a healthy, responsible body, revealing hidden moral pressures and global inequalities ...

Off-label SGLT2 inhibitors increase the risk of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis. GLP-1RAs may lead to rapid weight loss in type 1 diabetes, complicating insulin management. Use of these drugs in type ...