Two new recalls and a safety warning mean that it’s time to check your pantry to ensure that your family and pets are protected from health risks. Hand Sanitizer There have been hand sanitizer recalls aplenty since the pandemic began, including the unprecedented import alert for products from Mexico. New on the list is
Month: March 2021
You may be aware of relationship red flags – warning signs to avoid – but what about the things that give you the signal that you’ve got a good thing going on? Controlling behaviour, breaking boundaries, and not respecting your needs – we’re all familiar with some of the major red flags to watch out
A new pooled analysis of two smaller trials testing the new approach of dropping thrombolysis before thrombectomy in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke has shown similar outcomes with and without tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), but has also hinted at specific subgroups where one approach or the other may be preferred. “I think the data
Thought LeadersDr. Ewa JarockaSenior Research EngineerUmeå University Dr. Ewa Jarocka speaks to News-Medical about our senses, and how fingerprints can enhance our sense of touch. What provoked your research into our senses? We experience our surroundings through our sensory receptors. They are crucial for our survival, they allow us to interact with the outer world
mavacamten Treatment for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Accepts Bristol Myers Squibb’s Application for Mavacamten in Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (oHCM) PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– March 19, 2021 — Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) for mavacamten,
FDA Approves Zegalogue (dasiglucagon) Injection for the Treatment of Severe Hypoglycemia in People with Diabetes Copenhagen, DK and Boston, MA, U.S. March 22, 2021 – Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ZEAL) (CVR-no. 20045078,) a biotechnology company aspiring to deliver innovation with novel peptide therapeutics, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zegalogue® (dasiglucagon)
March 17, 2021 Audience: Consumers March 17, 2021 — Raleigh, North Carolina, PNHC, LLC, d/b/a Heal the World, is voluntarily recalling all lots of Heal the World hand sanitizer packaged in 9.6 fl. oz containers to the consumer level. The products are being recalled because they resemble 9.6ounce water bottles. The recall does not affect
Branding for the vaccination program on the clothing of a staff outside a community vaccination center administering the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine imported by Fosun Pharma in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Chan Long Hei | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares of China’s Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group fell after Hong Kong and Macao
The risk of dying from heart disease, chronic lung disease or diabetes in adulthood is twice as high for preemies —premature infants — as for the general population. Even those who were born just two to three weeks before term have a slightly increased risk. A new study of mortality among young adults born prematurely
He stood silently. His eyes fixed on us, immaculately dressed in a dark three-piece suit adorned with a gold watch and chain, hair meticulously groomed, a brightly colored bow tie centered perfectly on a freshly starched white shirt, wire collar stays in place, black wing-tip shoes glistening. Gold cuff links and military-like, sharply creased pants,
Nikki Gray was originally diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016. She completed a chemotherapy regimen and was told she was cancer-free. So when nausea and abdominal pain began to plague her a couple of years later, she didn’t immediately think it might be cancer again. Instead, the 52-year-old intensive care nurse thought it was likely
Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston have created a device that mimics a living, breathing human lung on a microchip. This work appears in the June 25, 2010, issue of the journal Science.
Molly Forbes, campaigner, podcast host, presenter and founder of The Body Happy Org joins our podcast to chat about her new, wonderful book and how we talk about our bodies and to the children in our lives Molly Forbes has written a book that each of us need, because whether we know it or not,
Posted on March 21, 2021 by Ajla Bedzetovic Marissa Jacobson-Ojinaga, the Engage Life Director at Atria Rancho Peñasquitos in San Diego, California, has loved learning from the world’s wisest people ever since she was in elementary school. She regularly volunteered with her classmates at a senior living community across the street – playing cards with the residents, listening to
Most everyone knows that when someone has type 1 diabetes, their pancreas lacks the ability to produce the hormone insulin (or their pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin, as in the case of type 2 diabetes). What isn’t so well known is that the pancreas also produces another helpful hormone called amylin that people with diabetes
On the one year anniversary of the UK going into lockdown, we look at three mental health news stories worth your time today It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the beginning of lockdown here in the UK. For some of us these 12 months have stretched out for what feels like eons,
A new tool accurately assesses three types of anhedonia in adolescents, new research shows. The novel Multidimensional Adolescent Anhedonia Scale (MAAS) assesses anticipatory, consummatory, and recall anhedonia, which will help improve diagnoses in research and clinical settings, the investigators say. Anhedonia, the loss of interest and pleasure in activities, is often the first sign of
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 15, 2021– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to co-develop and co-commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV that combine Gilead’s investigational capsid inhibitor, lenacapavir, and Merck’s investigational nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, islatravir, into a two-drug regimen with
Treatment for Cushing’s Syndrome Strongbridge Biopharma plc Announces Submission of New Drug Application for Recorlev (levoketoconazole) for the Treatment of Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome to the FDA DUBLIN, Ireland and TREVOSE, Pa., March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Strongbridge Biopharma plc, (Nasdaq: SBBP), a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies
A nurse draws up syringes with the preparation from Astrazeneca in Axel Stelzner’s GP practice. Hendrik Schmidt | picture alliance via Getty Images LONDON — A U.S. health agency on Tuesday expressed concern that AstraZeneca may have included outdated information from a clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine, potentially casting doubt over published efficacy results. The
STAQ (Safety, Transparency, Availability, Quality) Pharma and Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) announced today the completion of product development work and the launch of several important sterile compounded medications that are widely used in pediatric hospitals. Offering pediatric concentrations and doses of commonly used sterile injectable compounded medications optimizes patient care and improves patient safety,
Insomnia, sleep disruption, and job burnout were linked to higher odds of COVID-19 among physicians and other healthcare workers frequently exposed to SARS-CoV-2, a survey of nearly 2,900 clinicians showed. Clinicians in high-risk jobs who had three sleep problems — difficulty sleeping at night, poor sleep continuity, and frequent sleeping pill use — had almost
by Michael Riotto Michael Riotto This year, I will happily turn 61 and celebrate, yes, celebrate the 10th year of my diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma(MM). Has it been easy? Not a chance! Has it been tough? You bet! Has it closed a whole lotta doors? Absolutely! HOWEVER, having this diagnosis has brought me to an entirely
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Beginning April 1, employers with at least 20 employees will start paying the COBRA health insurance premium for workers who have lost their jobs. The premium payment perk is part of the recently signed American Rescue Plan Act. The free coverage ends September 1, 2021. Required by law, COBRA requires employers to offer health-care coverage
Clinicians should be aware that the discordance between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays is significant enough that management recommendations may change, for example, for a patient assessed for suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in one hospital and transferred to another that uses a different assay, according to a team of international researchers. When hs-cTn concentrations
At a time when cancer services in Wales have been severely disrupted due to the pandemic, the Welsh Government’s decision to publish just a short statement rather than a full cancer strategy on how it intends to provide and improve patient care over the next 5 years is unacceptable. Simply put, it’s failing cancer patients
Ductal carcinoma in situ (or DCIS) is a condition where some of the cells lining the ducts of the breast tissue have started to turn into cancer cells. It’s an example of something known as a pre-invasive cancer – the abnormal cells are all contained inside the lining of the ducts, but have the potential
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