FDA updates warnings for fluoroquinolone antibiotics
- Details
- Written by IVN
- Category: Health News
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved safety labeling changes for a class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, to enhance warnings about their association with disabling and potentially permanent side effects and to limit their use in patients with less serious bacterial infections.
Reducing wait times at the doctor’s office
- Details
- Written by Rob Matheson
- Category: Health News
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Ever waited entirely too long at your doctor’s office for an appointment to start? The long wait may soon be over: An MIT spinout’s schedule-optimizing software that gets more patients seen more quickly could soon be used by tens of thousands of health care providers across the country, after a recent acquisition by a major health care services company.
Moderate Exercise Might be More Effective at Combatting Pre-Diabetes
- Details
- Written by Amara Omeokwe
- Category: Health News
Durham, North Carolina - Walking briskly on a regular basis may be more effective than vigorous jogging for improving glucose control in individuals with pre-diabetes, according to research from Duke Health.
Hard to treat chest pain may be improved with a patient’s own stem cells
- Details
- Written by Darcy Spitz
- Category: Health News
Phoenix, Arizona - A non-surgical treatment that uses a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells to treat chest pain or angina improved both symptoms and the length of time treated patients could be physically active, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2016 Scientific Sessions.
Researchers make new projections for spread of the Zika virus
- Details
- Written by William G. Gilroy
- Category: Health News
Notre Dame, Indiana - New research from the University of Notre Dame places a new upper limit on the total number of people who could become infected by the Zika virus in the first wave of the current epidemic.
American Cancer Society Endorses HPV Vaccine Recommendations from CDC
- Details
- Written by IVN
- Category: Health News
Atlanta, Georgia - The American Cancer Society (ACS) has endorsed HPV vaccination recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the principal source of guidance on U.S. immunization policy. The ACS’s updated guideline supports the ACIP recommendation to vaccinate males as well as females at ages 11 to 12 to protect against HPV, which is associated not only with cervical cancers, but also penile, anal, oropharyngeal (mouth/throat), and other cancers.
Page 2992 of 3785