Finding relief for osteoarthritis pain
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Scottsdale, Arizona - If you’re experiencing progressive pain in your joints, you may be one of the more than 54 million Americans who are experiencing arthritis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report looking at this chronic condition that leaves millions in crippling pain. The CDC says arthritis is projected to affect 78.4 million adults by 2040. Dr. Eric Matteson, a Mayo Clinic rheumatologist, says osteoarthritis is the most common form of this condition.
Women’s antibiotic use linked to higher risk of death from heart disease, other causes
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New Orleans, Louisiana - Women who take antibiotics for long periods, especially in late adulthood, appear to have a higher risk of death from heart disease and in general, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.
Mono-unsaturated fats from plants, not animals may reduce risk of death from heart disease and other causes
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New Orleans, Louisiana - Diets rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids from plants were associated with a lower risk of dying from heart disease or other causes compared to diets rich in mono-unsaturated fats from animals, which were linked to a higher risk of death from heart disease or other causes, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.
Key step in advancing FDA’s oversight of drug compounding and implementing new laws governing outsourcing facilities
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Washington, DC - Today, we’re taking a key step forward in implementing the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) and section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Among other things, these provisions limit the bulk drug substances that outsourcing facilities can use in compounding. It directs the FDA to develop a list of bulk drug substances for which there is a clinical need – the 503B bulks list.
New augmented reality Hands-Only CPR makes training life-like and mobile
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Dallas, Texas - The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to building healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke, has collaborated with Google to develop an augmented reality version of Hands-Only CPR training that launches today in the Association’s mobile App, My Cardiac Coach™.
FDA’s Donald St. Pierre on findings from ongoing investigation into lead testing issues
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Washington, DC - When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first warned Americans in May 2017 that lead tests manufactured by Magellan Diagnostics may provide inaccurate results for some children and adults in the U.S., the agency made a commitment to continue to aggressively investigate the problem. Since then, the FDA has remained in close contact with the lead test manufacturer as well as Becton Dickinson (BD) & Company, the manufacturer of certain blood sample collection tubes often used alongside many lead tests, as part of our effort to determine the cause of the inaccurate results.
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