Medications designed to help Alzheimer’s patients can have severe consequences for patients who have the second-most common form of dementia.
Kathleen Kozak
Kathleen Kozak, M.D., is an internal medicine physician at Straub Clinic and Hospital. She is also the host of The Body Show on Hawaii Public Radio.
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Health Beat: Integrative Medicine Blends Eastern, Western Techniques
Plenty of traditionally trained medical professionals cite evidence that supports many alternative approaches to health care. It’s not an either/or situation.
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Health Beat: Don’t Let Anyone Sell You Medical Tests You Don’t Really Need
Companies pushing you to pay for blanket medical screens are boosting their bottom lines, not your health.
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Health Beat: It’s Time to Start Screening for Mental Illness
We put up with all kinds of security measures in the interest of public safety. Mental illness can also kill us, if the afflicted are allowed to have weapons.
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Why Americans — and Especially Seniors — Pay More for Medicine
All that money U.S. pharmaceutical companies pay to lobby politicians amounts to a very bad deal for American consumers.
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Health Beat: The Case For Paid Sick Leave in Hawaii
The state should mandate this benefit for employees, who then will recover more quickly without infecting their co-workers.
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Health Beat: Time for New Approach to Fast-Rising Heroin Addiction
We can save money and lives by focusing on treatment rather than imprisonment of addicts, who are increasing in Hawaii and nationwide.
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Health Beat: Time for Public Campaign About the Dangers of Pain Pills
Not just addictive, they’re insidious. When they block pain receptors, the body makes more receptors, requiring a higher dose to keep blocking them.
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Health Beat: What If Planned Parenthood Didn’t Exist?
There are calls to take away its federal funding, but the organization actually saves taxpayer dollars while providing essential services.