Pharmacists do much more than count tablets and pour liquids. Their main job is to focus on the medications you take and the effect they have.

Today's pharmacists counsel you on how to use your medicine correctly and help protect you against overdoses and dangerous drug interactions.

About half of all prescriptions are not used correctly by patients, experts say. And nearly a quarter of patients never bother to get their prescriptions filled.

Prescription medications have joined the ranks of new cars and breakfast cereals. Many of them are being marketed directly to the public through ads on television and in magazines. Some medications get so much free publicity they don't need to be advertised.

Whether you're headed for the beach, the outback or the big city for your summer vacation, you should add a few more items to your to-do list.

It's important to reduce your medical expenses. Even if you have health insurance, you pay a percentage of every health care bill you incur.

Here are strategies from the Food and Drug Administration to help you cut your prescription costs by 50 percent or more.

Health care costs continue to rise, but you can take steps to keep them under control. The following suggestions from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help.

This list of health care professionals, which excludes doctors, can help you understand the wide array of people called upon to render care.

If you’re heading out of town, and you or your child has allergies or asthma, proper planning can help you keep sneezes, sniffles, wheezing and attacks under control.

An entire team of health care experts is on hand to help people with asthma manage their symptoms and continue to live normal, active lives.

Every year, more than 400 million prescriptions are filled with generic medications in the United States.

Always read the label. All OTC medicine labels have detailed usage and warning information to help you choose and use the products.

In addition to dispensing prescription medications, many pharmacies serve as health consultation centers.

Whatever medications you take, it’s important to know why you’re taking them, what they’re designed to do, and how to take them properly.