I saw Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate and noticed that poultry was listed as a healthy protein. I am not surprised that you’re recommending fish, nuts, or beans. But why poultry?
My wife’s medication to treat atrial fibrillation recently was changed from warfarin to a new drug called Pradaxa. They say that the new medicine does not require regular INR tests and is just as effective. Is that so?
You’ve emphasized that people generally eat too much sodium and not enough potassium. Could I solve both problems at once by replacing my regular table salt with a substitute containing potassium?
Is the chemical BPA just another health scare, or is it really something we should be worried about?
The editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter introduces a second 2011 edition of a special issue comprised entirely of “Ask the doctor” letters from readers.
I have wet macular degeneration. I am trying to decide between Avastin and Lucentis. Which drug is better?
I sprained my ankle pretty badly a few weeks ago and was taken to the emergency room. It took three hours before I saw a doctor. Why are emergency rooms so crowded and the waits so long just to be seen?
A friend has a condition called gastroparesis. Please explain what it is and how it can be treated.
The process of grieving often brings a variety of emotional and physical states that may be complicated by the circumstances of the deceased’s life and death.
About 8% of teens and young adults hurt themselves on purpose, a new study finds. Most of them stop as they get older, but 1% of adults are still harming themselves at age 29. These numbers come from a long-term study of 1,800 teens and young adults. They were surveyed from time to time about their health and behaviors. They were mostly about 15 years old when the study started and 29 when it ended. At the start, about 10% of girls and 6% of boys said they sometimes harmed themselves. The methods included cutting, burning or taking a life-threatening risk. Researchers said it was good to see that most people who harm themselves stop. But the risk is great for those who continue. Other studies have shown that people who are brought to the hospital because of self-harm are 100 times more likely than average to commit suicide. The journal Lancet published the study.