Anything you can do to avoid antibiotics is a good thing. This is especially true when it comes to using antibiotics for sinus infections. One reason is that the older, safer antibiotics are quickly becoming ineffective. And that means that doctors are often prescribing the newer more toxic antibiotics. These drugs are not your grandmother's antibiotics.

As the aging population continues to grow, memory impairment and cognitive decline are of increasing concern. Researchers are always on the lookout for new remedies that can help slow or reverse this decline.

You probably know by now that the more widely prescribed a drug is, the more skeptical I am about whether it's such a good idea. One member of the top 10 most prescribed drug classes in particular has done nothing to change my mind. It comes with a number of side effects and risk factors, and researchers have recently identified a new one: kidney disease.