Health
One in seven drug supply chain issue reports tied to drug shortages
One in seven reports of drug supply chain issues are associated with drug shortages, according to a study published online April 5 in JAMA Network Open.
Apr 10, 2024
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News tagged with drug administration
Addiction
Medscape removes education courses for doctors funded by tobacco giant
Medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove a series of accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by the tobacco industry giant Philip Morris International ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Medical research
Coronary sinus reducer relieves angina, but how it works remains unclear
People with chronic chest pain who received a coronary sinus reducer (CSR)—a stent thought to increase the amount of oxygen-rich blood flowing to the heart muscle—experienced significant reductions in the daily number ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Immunology
FDA adds Fasenra indication for severe asthma in children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an additional indication for AstraZeneca's Fasenra (benralizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for patients aged 6 to 11 years with severe asthma and an eosinophilic ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Health
Health care providers should talk with adult smokers about relative risks of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
Health care providers who are working with adult patients struggling to stop smoking should consider discussing e-cigarettes as a potential tool if they've already tried FDA-approved medications, say tobacco researchers with ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Health
Report finds high levels of pesticides in 20% of fruits, veggies
Nearly 20% of fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables that Americans eat contain concerning levels of pesticides, a new report finds.
Apr 18, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird flu in humans? Experts see little risk
The discovery of traces of the bird flu virus in pasteurized cow milk in the United States sparked questions over whether the disease could spread to humans, but experts say there is little risk from food contamination.
Apr 25, 2024
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Medications
FDA approves immunotherapy drug combo for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunotherapy-boosting drug N-803, which is marketed under the brand name Anktiva, to be used in combination with the immunotherapy Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Diabetes
Adding AI to artificial pancreas enhances efficiency, study finds
Adding advanced artificial intelligence to an artificial pancreas regulating type 1 diabetes is safe and improves the system's efficiency, a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology ...
May 2, 2024
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Cardiology
Industry gifts may influence which cardiac device is used in common lifesaving procedure
Physicians who received payments from the manufacturer of a specific set of cardiac devices are more likely to use those devices, often during a common procedure to unblock coronary arteries, according to a research letter ...
Apr 10, 2024
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