Androgenetic alopecia (AGA), also known as male pattern baldness or female pattern hair loss, affects up to 80% of men and 50% of women over their lifetime, with white men and women more likely to experience hair loss than other ethnicities.

Mary Warner

Collagen is a leader in the supplements market, advertised as a boon to joint and bone health, and a remedy for aspects of aging such as dehydration, loss of skin elasticity, and wrinkles.

Mickie Cathers

Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, has lowered the risk of CV events for untold patients with T2D. But does the drug offer the same protective effects to the growing number of people without diabetes who now take the drug for weight loss? New research says “yes.”

Sonya Collin

Over half of survey participants were open to using pharmacies for testing and treatment of influenza and group A streptococcal pharyngitis infections, according to study results published in the January/February 2023 issue of JAPhA. They were also willing to pay $25 or more for out-of-pocket testing costs.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

More than 42% of Americans have obesity. Given that obesity raises risk for numerous chronic illnesses and cancers, this subset of the population likely receives a substantial proportion of the medications prescribed in the United States. But they might not be getting the right dose.

Sonya Collins

Tori Metz, MD, frequently gets questions from her patients about using cannabis during pregnancy. For Metz and other clinicians, this has been a hard question to answer.

Loren Bonner

Almost one year ago, United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, released an advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation.

Loren Bonner

When taken for a long period of time and at a high dose, ADHD medication use was associated with an increased risk for some cardiovascular diseases, according to a research study published November 22, 2023, in JAMA Psychiatry.

Loren Bonner

Berberine supplements have joined the weightloss buzz with rumors that this herb can help patients slim down.

Mickie Cathers

Motion sickness can occur when riding in a car, train, airplane, boat, or even an amusement park ride. When your brain gets conflicting information from your eyes, inner ear, and body, the resulting confusion can cause dizziness, nausea, and vomiting.

Mary Warner