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A new study finds duel benefit of the varicella vaccine.

Researchers warn against the routine use of PDE5i’s prior to a LVAD implantation.

Over a 6-year period, the analysis mapped out drugs cost patterns for the 49 top-selling brand-name medications in the United States based on pharmacy claims data from a health insurance database.

Episodic cluster headaches represent 85% to 90% of cluster headache prevalence, with approximately 250,000 adults living with the condition in the United States.

Health care professionals can play an important role in counseling patients about the dangers of energy drinks. Individuals taking medications associated with QT prolongation such as certain antiarrhythmics, antibiotics, antidepressants, and antipsychotics, should avoid consuming energy drinks.

Travel advice for patients is important to alleviate stress, improve wellbeing, and increase confidence in planning for future trips.­­

The agency has opened a public docket to solicit feedback on the proposed requirement, which would necessitate certain immediate-release opioid analgesics be made available in fixed-quantity, unite-of-use blister packaging.

The CDC announced today there have already been 971 reported cases of measles in the United States in 2019. The number is the highest since 1994, when 963 cases of measles were reported for that entire year.

The new certificate is earned through a self-guided, online continuing education program that teaches the fundamental concepts related to nutrition support care for adult patients.

Cariprazine also is approved to treat manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar depression in adults. The new indication makes this drug the first and only dopamine and serotonin partial agonist to treat the full spectrum of bipolar I symptoms in manic, mixed, and depressive episodes.

Study authors examined the association between violence and poor health habits, such as soda consumption, to asthma.

The American Heart Association recommends that patients get 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night; however, approximately 40% of adults in the United States do not fall under this range.

Calcipotriene is a synthetic vitamin D analog that has a similar receptor binding affinity as natural vitamin D.

The best way to prevent malaria is to take chemoprophylaxis medication when traveling to a country where the disease is endemic, according to the CDC.

Although it is not the only cause, humidity may be an important factor to preventing the influenza virus during the winter season.

Study findings suggest future interventions targeting improvements in cancer screenings may need to focus on the time of day.

Left untreated, seizure clusters can increase the risk of physical injury, neurological damage, prolonged seizures, and status epilepticus, according to UCB, and many diagnosed patients with may go untreated when preferred treatment options are unavailable.

Pfizer’s application for dalteparin sodium was given Priority Review status, according to the FDA, due to a need that was unmet.

Researchers with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the CDC found higher number of concussion symptoms and long recoveries predict risk of another concussion.

Offering retreatment and counseling at every step increases the abstinence levels in patients who take multiple attempts to quit smoking,

The PANORAMA trial showed that by 1 year, 20% of untreated patients developed proliferative diabetic eye disease, and aflibercept injection reduced this risk by 85% to 88% when administered using an every 16-week or eight-week dosing regimen, respectively.

A 2014 study found that 97% of allergists surveyed believed a pest-free home was an important step in preventing asthma and allergy symptoms.

The Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition wants to reiterate the importance of sunscreen in reducing the risk of melanoma, other skin cancers, and premature aging.

Sandoz is working to make its epinephrine 0.3 mg and 0.15 injections available to the retail market, which would enable individuals to obtain this medicine at local pharmacies.

With approximately 18,100 PNPS and 50,000 primary care pediatricians currently in the workforce, there are insufficient numbers of pediatric primary care providers to care for the increasingly demanding and complex needs of children.

Despite the goal to ensure more opportunities for nurse innovators at the leadership level by 2025, the study has revealed that there is currently a lack of nurse innovators in these positions.

According to the results, tafamidis meglumine significantly reduced the hierarchical combination of all-cause mortality and frequency of cardiovascular-related hospitalizations compared with a placebo over a 30-month period.

Many nurses are using the national week of recognition to bring to light the working conditions that many of them endure on a daily basis.

A molecular switch in the skin cells may cause increased susceptibility to autoimmunity in women.

The drug application was granted the FDA’s Priority Review designation, as well as a Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher under a program intended to encourage development of new drugs and biologics for the prevention and treatment of certain tropical diseases.