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ZTlido (lidocaine topical system) shows superior adhesion compared with other topical non-opioid pain patches.

The new NCCN Guidelines for Cancer in People Living With HIV includes general advice—while highlighting the importance of working in collaboration with an HIV specialist—as well as specific treatment recommendations for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), anal cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, and cervical cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved benzyhydrocondone and acetaminophen (Apadaz, KemPharm) for short-term acute pain management.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health acknowledged that nurse practitioners and physician assistants have growing roles and increasing prescribing authority in the nation.

Clarithromycin (Biaxin), an antibiotic commonly taken by patients with HIV, may increase the risk of heart problems and death among patients with cardiovascular disease.

Officials with the FDA have granted tentative approval to dolutegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide(DTG/FTC/TAF) tablets, 50-mg/200-mg/25-mg, under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program.

Officials with the CDC and the FDA are investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonellosis from a rare strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b, and have recommended that individuals do not consume kratom in any form, due to a risk of contamination.

Nurse practitioners’ and physician assistants’ impact on diabetes management is comparable to management by physicians, according to a newly published study.

Although it is already established that migraines are associated with increased risk of stroke and heart attacks, the associations with other cardiovascular diseases and risks are less well known.

Ultraviolet C light could be safely harnessed to kill influenza microbes.

A new tool that can measure cell strength 100 times faster than current methods may result in more optimal drug development for several diseases.

Prescribing antivirals to individuals who are at increased risk of HIV infection can prevent the spread of HIV.

Antibiotics may become ineffective in treating E coli if antibiotic resistance continues to increase among children.

Influenza activity is breaking recent records this season, and is not yet slowing down, according to the CDC.

The 2017/2018 influenza season is the worst in recent history.

The updated 2018 immunization schedule for children and teens has been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

The FDA has updated the labeling for rilipivirine (Edurant) for the treatment of HIV-positive pregnant patients who were on stable treatment prior to conception and who are virologically suppressed.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Allergan's supplemental New Drug Application to expand the approved use of their cephalosporin / beta-lactamase inhibitor combo antibiotic, AVYCAZ (ceftazidime and avibactam), to include the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) caused by susceptible Gram-negative microorganisms.

Retail health care providers might consider directing patients attention to MyHealthFinder as a means of encouraging patients to seek preventive care.

ADHD prescriptions among reproductive-age women has dramatically increased over a 10-year period, according to a report recently published by the CDC.

A new measure announced by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will expand access to opioid addiction treatment by allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in underserved areas to prescribe and dispense buprenorphine.

US News & World Report released its ranking of the 100 best jobs of 2018, and nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) ranked as some of the highest on the list.

The FDA has announced new efforts to enhance transparency around drug approval decisions by launching a pilot program aimed at improving health care providers' access to key information related to new drugs, according to a statement.

US flu activity has increased rapidly over recent months, and the CDC has now declared that the outbreak has reached epidemic levels.

Health care practitioners need to lobby to improve neighborhoods across the nation.

Retail health care clinicians should note that more than half of New Year’s resolutions are health-related.

With 2017 behind us, let’s look at some of the most read articles on Contemporary Clinic from the past year.

Officials with the FDA have concluded that treating patients with asthma with long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) in combination with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) does not result in significantly more serious asthma-related side effects than treatment with ICS alone, prompting removal of a boxed warning about the potential effects.

The FDA has proposed an updated approach to assessing homeopathic drug products, according to an FDA statement.

The FDA has approved Novo Nordisk's glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic), indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a company announcement.