Every nine and a half minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV, and one out of every five of these individuals doesn’t know it. To help stem the spread of this disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved an innovative new diagnostic tool, which will allow patients to be [ Read More ]
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America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are developing 234 medicines for the special health care needs of children, according to a new report released today by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). “Our researchers, who lead the world in pharmaceutical innovation, are working on new treatments to fight a wide range of major [ Read More ]
Antidepressants Often Prescribed in the First-Line as Physicians Perceive Effective Treatments Exist for Comorbid Depression but not for Cognitive Decline, According to a New Report from Decision Resources Decision Resources finds that while approximately 70 percent of surveyed physicians’ newly diagnosed patients have mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease, only 52.2 percent of first-line patients are prescribed an [ Read More ]
Nutrient-rich edible algae a great way to achieve ‘wholistic’ nutrition Americans’ dietary habits have been scrutinized for being dependent on processed, refined and incomplete foods. This has left many Americans to reassess the foods they eat and essentially reconstruct their personal food pyramids. “Incorporating more raw fruits and vegetables, while limiting the consumptions of polished [ Read More ]
New drug will offer a treatment alternative for patients with rare genetic disorder The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved velaglucerase alfa for injection (VPRIV) to treat children and adults with a form of the rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease. Gaucher disease occurs in people who do not produce enough of an enzyme called [ Read More ]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that drugs in the class of long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) should never be used alone in the treatment of asthma in children or adults. Manufacturers will be required to include this warning in the product labels of these drugs, along with taking other steps to reduce the [ Read More ]
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