Jill Murphy, Assistant Editor

The FDA has issued a statement regarding action to help increase the supply of ventilators, ventilator tubing connectors, and ventilator accessories, including filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) due to shortages during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Prisma Health has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for VESper, a ventilator expansion device that allows a single ventilator to support up to 4 patients .

Retail clinics are able to provide acute and preventive health care to patients across the country.

This requirement restricts the number of NPs who could otherwise evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients, especially in times of crisis. In addition, it can create unnecessary geographic access challenges and delays in care, according to the organization.

The NNU represents 150,000 registered nurses across the United States

Since 2007, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners conducts the survey using the national nurse practitioner database to capture viral information about NPs across the country.

Children aged 0 to 4 years are now the highest CDC has on record at this point in the season, surpassing the rates reported during the second wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

As the development of the DNP program builds, responsibilities and career opportunities for nurses with this degree become more significant.

A set of 43 consensus recommendations was developed by an international panel of leading experts in clinical nutrition, lipid metabolism, and pharmacology.

Researchers suggest that if their findings are confirmed by additional studies, health care providers may want to screen children of obese mothers for ADHD so that they could be offered earlier interventions.

Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, founder of the Pharmacist Moms Group, said she believes that every situation is different when it comes to choosing the best remedy for children.

The study recruited 6853 children antenatally during 2009 to 2010; at the 54-month follow-up, 93% of the children had their weight and height measured.

Although flu activity has tapered off in the first few weeks of 2020, the final weeks of January showed a spike in activity.

A policy loophole regarding the ban of e-cigarettes permits all flavors to continue to be sold in devices that cannot be refilled and are redesigned to be disposed of after the flavored nicotine has run out.

Walnuts may promote “good-for-your-gut” bacteria, according to new research findings.

A recent study estimates that approximately 2 million adults in the United States who have cardiovascular disease currently use marijuana or have used the drug in the past. This estimate is based on responses from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2016.

A recent study has found that women who breastfeed their infants exclusively for 7 to 12 months may have a significantly lower risk of early menopause than those who breastfeed their infants for less than a month.

According to a recently published study in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Nutrients, grains were found to be crucial to a healthy infant diet; in addition, the study outlined the potential risks of excluding them.

A new study suggests the way some chemicals displace natural fat-like molecules, or lipids, in skin cells could explain how many common ingredients trigger allergic contact dermatitis.

Genetic variations, called SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), were the main focus for researchers, as they are most commonly known to be linked to the development of heart disease and stroke.

In addition, the diazepam nasal spray was granted 7 years of orphan drug exclusivity by the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development, according to Neurelis.

Twenty-eight studies were analyzed from 7 countries that explored the relationship between children drinking cow’s milk and the risk of being overweight or obese.

In October 2019, minocycline was the first topical foam to be approved by the FDA for any condition. The once-daily therapy will be available in retail, community, and specialty pharmacies, according to Foamix.

In general, medical professions rate highly in Americans’ assessments of honesty and ethics; at least 6 of 10 US adults say medical doctors, pharmacists, and dentists have high levels of these virtues.

One dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may prevent infection from the potential cancer-causing virus, according to research published in Jama Network Open, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

The study analyzed 368 mothers and their children during pregnancy, and when the children were ages 3 and 7 years.

From newsworthy moments to groundbreaking research, here are the most popular articles published by Contemporary Clinic during 2019:

When comparing men and women with PTSD, the study found that having PTSD had more of an effect on a woman’s risk for several kinds of infection than on a man’ risk, for example, urinary tract infections.

The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation for lebrikizumab (Dermira) to treat patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD).

Louisiana, Nevada, Texas rank highest in flu activity for the month of November.