August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day – the world’s largest campaign focused on ending overdoses, remembering lost loved ones, and supporting the family and friends left behind.1 An overdose is defined as consuming a toxic amount of particular substance,...
Medication packaging plays a crucial role in public health.1 Beyond protecting the product, good packaging guides safe and effective use.1 However, for many patients, especially those with limited health literacy1 (which is defined as the extent to which people can...
The Obesity Epidemic within America According to the CDC, as of August 2023, the prevalence of obesity in American adults was 40.3%, over a two-and-a-half-fold increase from 1976 (an estimated 15%), providing evidence of the growing obesity rates within modern America...
An estimated 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, a virus that attacks the body’s CD4 cells which help to fight off infections (CD4 cells), making individuals more susceptible to various infections, diseases, and cancers.1, 2,...
Medication adherence is a fundamental component of effective healthcare1. However, despite significant efforts to educate patients about the importance of following prescribed regimens, a large percentage of individuals still fail to adhere to their medications....
The opioid epidemic is one of the most profound public health crises of the 21st century1. Beginning in the 1990s, the widespread over-prescription of opioid painkillers—coupled with aggressive pharmaceutical marketing and a lack of regulation—set the stage for an era...
