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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic seemingly putting a hold on everything, approvals of new drugs have not waned. In fact, despite their high price tags – median prices ranged from $766 million to $2.8 billion – new drugs continue to roll out in 2021. Here are five new drugs approved this year that you may find useful in your clinical practice of medicine.

According to research, there are numerous lesser-known supplements made from naturally occurring ingredients that boast health benefits. With only 10% of the plants from the total of natural resources for medicine investigated for therapeutic potential, many are not aware that these natural products offer potential health benefits. Here are five worth considering for their evidence-based advantages.

Saving for retirement can be overwhelming with so many individual factors at play. You’ve worked hard your whole life, so why can’t you enjoy the fruits of your labor when you’re finished practicing? This article presents many things to consider when planning your financial future and details some benchmarks and metrics that will help you get on track to enjoy the golden years without worry.

What do you and your patients know about the ever-increasing generic drug movement? Keeping costs down is one thing, but with many generics now being manufactured overseas, should you be concerned with their safety and quality? Before you write out or send in your next prescription, here are some things you and your patients should know about generics.

COVID-19 has led to severe mental repercussions, which is made worse when considering what types of challenges people were having before the pandemic even hit. Considering this, it’s a good time to review the drug-drug interactions (DDIs) psychotropic drugs can have with each other, not to mention other drugs for the most common conditions. Here are 20 such interactions for your review. 

Are you one of those that makes a New Year’s Resolution, only to see it disappear by February? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. It’s not about making the list of what you want to achieve in the new year, it’s about “chunking” up that list into small, actionable, daily goals that you can achieve and feel. Read on to discover the habits you should be striving to make – and those you should be striving to break.