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Accidental Needlesticks: The Silent Killer
By Karen Daley We all know that doctors and nurses work long hours under trying conditions,...
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ACR and EULAR Release New Classification Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease
ATLANTA – The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against...
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FDA Approves First System to Insert Ear Tubes Under Local Anesthesia
TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved...
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FDA Approves XCOPRI for Treatment of Partial-Onset Seizures
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — XCOPRI (cenobamate) has received approval for the...
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Expansion of Diagnostic Criteria Proposed for COPD
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — An integrated approach using data from the Chronic...
Read MoreFDA Approves First Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of adult patients with acute hepatic porphyria, a genetic disorder resulting in the buildup of toxic porphyrin molecules which are...
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Experimental Injection May Protect Against Peanut Allergy
THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) — People with peanut allergy must be constantly...
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Fetroja Approved to Treat Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Antibacterial drug Fetroja (cefiderocol) has been...
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Brukinsa Approved for Relapsed, Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Brukinsa (zanubrutinib), a kinase inhibitor, has...
Read MoreInvasive Melanoma Incidence Decreasing in Teens, Young Adults
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Melanoma incidence seems to be decreasing in adolescents and young adults, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in JAMA Dermatology. Kelly G. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., from...
Read MoreNearly Half of Emergency Physicians, 70 Percent of Nurses Physically Assaulted at Work
The following press release was published by PRNewswire: The statistics are staggering. According to surveys by American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association, almost half of emergency physicians...
Read MoreFDA Approves First Contact Lens That Slows Myopia Progression in Children
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) — MiSight, the first contact lens indicated to slow the progression of myopia in children ages 8 to 12 years, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency...
Read MoreSleep Apnea Linked to Blinding Eye Disease
SAN FRANCISCO – New research from Taiwan shows that severe sleep apnea is a risk factor for developing diabetic macular edema, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss or blindness. Diabetic macular edema was also...
Read MoreThyroid Eye Disease Improves With IGF-R1 Inhibitor
The following was published on Medpage.com: Rapid and dramatic improvement in thyroid eye disease (TED) occurred in more than 80% of patients treated with a biologic targeting insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 receptor, a...
Read MoreAnifrolumab Superior to Placebo in Moderate to Severe Lupus
Compared with placebo, anifrolumab was found to demonstrate robust efficacy in patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to research presented at the 2019 American College of...
Read MoreFDA Approves Talicia for Treatment of H. pylori in Adults
RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Read MoreVaping Illnesses Linked to Vitamin E Acetate
CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments, and multiple public health and clinical partners are investigating a national outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung...
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Protein Could Lead to New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
In a new study, published Nov. 7 in Nature Medicine, recent findings may have implications for the...
Read More6 Skin-Care Tips from Dermatology Experts
The following press release was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics: ROSEMONT, Ill. (Oct. 29, 2019) — Board-certified dermatologists are experts when it comes to the skin, hair and nails, diagnosing and treating...
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