News tagged with sterilization


Indianapolis pharmacy recalls compounded drugs

(AP)—A pharmacy that makes specialty medications is recalling nearly 100 compounded drugs after federal regulators found potential safety problems during an inspection.

Medications created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA cites sanitary issues at specialty pharmacies

(AP)—The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered troubling sterility problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected following a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs.

Health created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA: Georgia pharmacy recalling all sterile drugs

(AP)—The Food and Drug Administration says a Georgia compounding pharmacy that distributed a drug linked to eye infections is now recalling all of its injectable medicines following a federal inspection.

Medications created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More sunlight months during pregnancy gives newborns longer thighbones, study says

(Medical Xpress)—The seasonal variation of sunlight in Ireland means newborns from Caucasian women who had more sunlight months during their pregnancy (April – Sep) are more likely to have longer thighbones, ...

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extremely high estrogen levels may underlie complications of single-birth IVF pregnancies

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified what may be a major factor behind the increased risk of two adverse outcomes in pregnancies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Two papers published ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Obama birth control mandates loosens lawsuits

(AP)—The legal challenges over religious freedom and the birth control coverage requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul appear to be moving toward the U.S. Supreme Court.

Health created Jan 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Measles vaccine given with a microneedle patch could boost immunization programs

Measles vaccine given with painless and easy-to-administer microneedle patches can immunize against measles at least as well as vaccine given with conventional hypodermic needles, according to research done ...

Medications created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Don't take shortcuts when caring for contact lenses, expert says

(HealthDay)—Common shortcuts people take when caring for their contact lenses could have serious consequences, such as infections or ulcerations, according to an eye disease expert.

Ophthalmology created Nov 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

FDA finds contamination concerns at Ameridose

(AP)—Federal health inspectors have found more than a dozen sterility problems, including insects, at a drugmaking facility with the same founders as the specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests find bacteria in products of US pharmacy

Federal regulators said Thursday that they've found contamination in more drugs made by a pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Massachusetts: Fungus at meningitis-linked firm

(AP)—Massachusetts state officials investigating a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis said Tuesday they found shoddy sterilization practices and unclean conditions there, including debris-covered floor mats ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New contraceptive methods change birth control patterns

The birth control pill and sterilization are still the most common forms of contraception, but new federal data released Thursday show that long-acting methods are gaining ground while condom use for birth control is declining.

Health created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What we know and don't know about fungal meningitis outbreak

In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned from treating patients affected by the 2002 outbreak of Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis meningi ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outbreak spotlights safety of custom-mixed drugs

Custom-mixed medicines like the steroid shots suspected in a meningitis outbreak have long been a source of concern, and their use is far wider than many people realize.

Medications created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New discovery to improve success rates of IVF

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Otago, Christchurch, are collaborating with clinicians at Fertility Associates in Christchurch to develop a test to significantly improve the success rate for in vitro ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0