Added sugar: Don't get sabotaged by sweeteners
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Scottsdale, Arizona - If you're like many people, you may be eating and drinking more sugar than you realize because it's added to so many foods and beverages. That added sugar means added calories.
FDA approves Lenvima for a type of thyroid cancer
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted approval to Lenvima (lenvatinib) to treat patients with progressive, differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) whose disease progressed despite receiving radioactive iodine therapy (radioactive iodine refractory disease).
CDPH Problem Gambling Summit Emphasizes the Signs of Problem Gambling
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Office of Problem Gambling’s (OPG) sixth annual training summit will focus on recognizing the signs of problem gambling, and how it affects gamblers and their families.
New data shows test can help physicians remove patients with suspected TB from isolation earlier
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Washington, DC - The FDA today cleared the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay to help physicians determine if patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) can be removed from airborne infection isolation. This expanded use allows healthcare providers to use one or two negative Xpert MTB/RIF Assay test results to help them determine whether a patient showing signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB should continue to be kept in a hospital airborne isolation room.
FDA permits marketing of fecal incontinence device for women
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the Eclipse System for the treatment of fecal incontinence (FI) in adult women.
CDPH Issues Penalties to 10 Hospitals
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued 10 penalties today to 10 California hospitals along with fines totaling $700,000 after investigations found the facilities’ noncompliance with licensing requirements caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death to patients.
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