4 Surprising Ways Stress Is Showing Up In Your Sleep
It’ll come as no surprise that stress can really impact how you sleep (or, more likely, don’t sleep). But it may be surprising just how many ways sleep can impact your sleep — from behaviors that occur when you finally do get some shut-eye to how many Zzzs you actually get at night. Advertisement Below, […]
Do Brain-Boosting Supplements Actually Work Or Are They Total B.S.?
Can a supplement really make you smarter? A quick online search for “mental clarity supplements” will turn up tons of products, such as the Neuriva Brain Health supplement, Neurohacker Collective’s “Qualia Mind,” WTHN’s “Fully Charged,” and Bulletproof’s “Unfair Advantage,” just to name a few. These supplements claim to improve focus, sharpen thinking, boost productivity and […]
Lawmakers, Experts on PBMs: ‘Gangsters’ or Scapegoats in the Drug Price Wars?
Expert witnesses and lawmakers tussled over who is really to blame for high drug costs during a hearing focused on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) held by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Tuesday. While PBMs are meant to lower costs by negotiating rebates on a drug’s list price, multiple experts have noted that […]
Opinion | ‘Agree With Dog’ and Other Obscure Patient Chart Notes
I keep hoping that we are going to get to a place where we can use the medical record for what it really should be. As we evolved away from paper charts, and smeary, inky, illegible doctors’ handwriting, the promise of an electronic medical record that really helps us take care of patients emerged — […]
Does Taking Magnesium Really Help With Sleep And Brain Fog?
Illustration:Jianan Liu Does magnesium really help with constipation, stress, sleep and migraines? Experts share their thoughts. If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve likely seen people touting the benefits of magnesium (and the different types of magnesium). Influencers ― and even some doctors ― on social media platforms claim it can improve almost everything, […]
Opinion | Gaslighting and Dismissal: The Consequences of Invalidating Patients’ Concerns
Social media has really exposed the trauma caused by gaslighting, dismissal, and misogyny by medical professionals. Chronic illness groups are rife with posts recounting the poor treatment they suffered at the hands of doctors. Imagine presenting with extreme fatigue, intermittent balance problems, and tingling in your hands and, after a cursory exam, being told your […]
Opinion | ‘I’m Really Freaking Out About Hurting Someone’: What We Heard This Week
“Yeah, malpractice is a concern, but I’m really freaking out about hurting someone.” — Linda Isbell, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, talking about her team’s survey that looked at perspectives of emergency clinicians on lawsuits and patient harm. “I have not replaced Dr. [Leana] Wen because I did not want to leave any […]
Opinion | ‘I Really Feel We Need the Human Data’: What We Heard This Week
“I really feel we need the human data.” — Pablo Sanchez, MD, of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, who cast the only vote against recommending the new bivalent boosters due to the lack of clinical trial data. “It could cause a lot of anxiety in people.” — Sean McGann, MD, an emergency physician […]
Opinion | What a Lifetime of Gaslighting by Other Doctors Feels Like
“If your shoulder were really injured, that maneuver would make you scream in pain,” he told me confidently. My husband and I recently established care with a new family doctor. I was frightened and scarred from a long history of medical gaslighting that still tightens my throat whenever I meet a new physician. Will this […]
Warning labels could help customers identify hidden sugar in restaurant menus: Researchers find added-sugar menu labels are perceived as effective
Do you really want to order a soda with your burger? Just one soda can have more added sugar than the entire daily limit recommended for most adults. Seeing a warning icon on a restaurant menu may help consumers identify the high amounts of added sugar hidden in menu items — and it may even […]