There is a rare and serious kind of heart failure comes from stiffening of the heart itself. Many of you have heard of amyloid protein tangles in the brain as it relates to Alzheimer’s disease. Amyloidosis is a group of diseases where abnormal proteins build up in the body and cause problems. ATT...

We release the 2 issues of the FDA Fantastic Four in the Fall & Spring. What we are trying to help you know more about are the True Breakthrough medicines that the FDA has approved! We will take some artistic license on the release dates, we will apply the same 4-6 criteria whenever we rank, vote...

Did you tell your medicine story to the last doctor you saw? Dr. Rybacki tells you why this key concept can save lives.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus finally has a vaccine to try to prevent it. Dr. Rybacki brings the facts and future meds to your computer in this fascinating new video.

We all see our pharmacists more than we see our physicians. It’s an interesting reality in the US healthcare system. You most probably got care in the hospital from a team of hospital pharmacists and technicians, were guided and guarded through transitions of care during your hospital stay, inter...

Can you imagine a drug needed at a more crucial time than to mobilize cells before a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) ? Dr. Rybacki tells a little about a serious blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma. You’ll start to find out key facts, helpful web info, first facts about Aphexda, a new drug that hel...

Getting control of blood sugar problems-what your doctor would call impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) is Crucial to your life and health. Diabetes is a continuum like a thermostat that is too hot (too high a blood sugar) or to too cold (too low a sugar or hypoglycemia). In this fascinating new vid...

Families are always interesting. “It’s just Naproxen.” I heard this from my family member who had been taking it every 8 hours for 3 months and her kidney function declined. Dr. Rybacki reviews important considerations of this drug (also known as Aleve). Just because it’s over the counter, doesn’...

Depression challenges more than 25 million people in the US and 2 out of 3 patients need medicine changes. Dr. Jim covers 5 key aspects of depression and the medicines used to treat it. Did you know that an older cough medicine combined with the anti-depressant bupropion (Wellbutrin) is the newes...

Did you know that some medicines previously approved under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) are no longer working and have been taken off the Covid market? Will Paxlovid continue to work? Do you know the key points involved when you take Paxlovid for Covid? This is NOT a medicine that you want t...

Diabetes has a new darling and Dr. Rybacki gives you 5 favorite tips to get the most from Mounjaro.