October 31, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a 10-mg dose of Roxybond (Protega Pharmaceuticals), an opioid analgesic indicated for the management of severe pain in […]
October 28, 2024
Current efforts to control high blood pressure (BP) are failing in the United States and globally. The first World Health Organization (WHO) global report on hypertension […]
October 11, 2024
It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom Seinfeld. But for some it has been a […]
October 10, 2024
TOPLINE: More than half of the US peer reviewers for four major medical journals received industry payments between 2020 and 2022, new research shows. Altogether they […]
October 4, 2024
New York State has confirmed its first human case of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) since 2015, according to a press release from the New York State […]
October 2, 2024
TOPLINE: Over 90% of patients with symptoms of bronchitis, sinus infections, sore throats, colds or flu, or diarrhea expect antibiotic prescriptions. Visiting a public clinic, lower […]
September 27, 2024
TOPLINE: Short-term mortality, hospitalizations, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events are not significantly different between patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) during routine medical care and […]
September 26, 2024
Sept. 19, 2024 — A new COVID-19 variant called XEC is on the rise, and it has experts who track variants on alert. Each time a […]
September 26, 2024
Nearly one-third of US adults may have low iron levels that can add to problems ranging from fatigue to heart failure. Researchers in a new study […]