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The new point-of-care, portable blood test is set to assist in the assessment of brain injury, right by the patient’s side with objectivity and speed.

The CDC has estimated that there are 23,000 to 46,000 children in the US with HCV infection.

The message was issued today, during National Infant Immunization Week.

A clinical trial has demonstrated that Novo Nordisk’s liraglutide (Victoza) injection significantly reduced blood sugar in children and adolescents aged 10-17 years with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

High levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), increase patients' risk for serious CV events such as heart attack or stroke. Adults who experience a heart attack or stroke have an approximately 1 in t3 chance to have another CV event.

This is the first time that the FDA has approved a treatment for pediatric patients with SLE. Belimumab has been approved for use in adult patients since 2011. GSK’s application for belimumab use in pediatric patients was granted the FDA’s Priority Review designation.

Thousands of locations across the United States will be serve as sites for patients to visit and dispose of their unwanted medications in order to protect individuals from misuse and potential overdose.

This recall was initiated by detection of an impurity – N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA) – found in 6 lots of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufactured by Hetero Labs Limited that is above the FDA’s interim acceptable exposure limit of 9.82 ppm.

Nalmefene HCl has a longer duration of action than naloxone, another opioid antagonist currently approved for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.

Senator Maureen Walsh made a statement about nurses playing cards all day, which caused a massive reaction among hardworking health care professionals everywhere.

The decline in precancerous cervical lesions is most likely due to HPV vaccination and updated cervical cancer screening recommendations.

This approval marks the first generic naloxone nasal spray for use in a community setting by an individual without medical training.

Investigators from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) used data from participants of the Veteran’s Aging Cohort Study to compare the risk of death among US veterans who were depressed to those not suffering from depression.

The commercial availability of Bijuva offers an FDA approved alternative to marketed synthetic hormones or individual estrogen and progesterone products that have not been FDA-approved for combination use.

Reducing one’s exposure to bug bites is crucial, since many the diseases spread by such bites cannot be prevented or treated with vaccines or medicine.

Kratom is currently not federally scheduled as a controlled substance, but it is considered a drug of concern.

Approximately 6000 women in the US reach menopause each day and about 85% of women experience some kind of bothersome symptoms.

The FDA warned that such tools, including mobile apps marketed to coaches or parents for use during sporting events, have not been reviewed by the agency for safety and efficacy and could result in an incorrect diagnosis.

Many of the symptoms of MS can mimic other conditions, such as stroke, migraines, and vitamin B12 deficiency.

The clinics will provide comprehensive primary care services, integrated tightly with pharmacists, nurses, and social workers to meet the full suite of patient needs, according to the companies.

To be eligible for dolutegravir and lamivudine, patients must have no history of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and no known or suspected substitutions associated with resistance to the individual components of the regimen.

If these products were confused, it could result in someone ingesting "could result in ingesting toxic amounts of liquid nicotine.

The FDA will not issue a new drug application (NDA) for the recurrent diabetic gastroparesis medication Gimoti in the application's present form, but they have issued recommendations to address the 2 remaining approvability issues, related to clinical pharmacoogy and product quality, in the NDA resubmission.

According to the FDA, seizures are known potential adverse effects of nicotine poisoning and have been reported in scientific literature in relation to intentional or accidental swallowing of nicotine-containing e-liquids.

Among the award recipients is the late Sarah M. Gutknecht, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, who was posthumously given the President’s Award.

THE FDA has approved cladribine (Mavenclad, EMD Serono), a new oral treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults including relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease.

A study evaluating patients’ persistence with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) found that women and young people used the therapy for shorter amounts of time than men and older adults.

How genes are interconnected with drug metabolism and pediatric pain may impact management and perception.

Lannett Company’s therapeutic equivalent to Aggrenox (dipyridamole) Capsules has been approved by the FDA.

Officials with the FDA approved Wednesday testosterone undecanoate (Jatenzo, Clarus Therapeutics), an oral testosterone capsule for treating men with certain forms of hypogonadism.