Useless Medicine Blogs

I’ve been practicing medicine for nearly 30 years now, and I’ve seen lots of screening and diagnostic tests come and go. Many of the currently prescribed tests are overused and unreliable, and some are downright harmful. However, there are four tests I believe strongly in, and highly recommend you get.

Polypharmacy is defined as “the act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.” A quarter of individuals age 65 and older take three or four different drugs every day, and more than 20 percent take five or more. This is not just dangerous, it's insane.