Category: health and wellness
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FDA Approves a Nasal Antihistamine for Nonprescription Use
Approval is a First-in-class and was Enabled by the Prescription to Nonprescription Switch Process The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a nasal antihistamine for nonprescription use through a process called a partial prescription to nonprescription switch. The FDA approved Astepro (azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray, 0.15%) for seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis—commonly known as…
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Self Esteem and Weight Loss
By Robert Alan Stewart Did you know your own self-esteem may be a contributing factor to some of your problems? Let’s look at weight loss for example. We all know that the weight loss industry is a multi billion dollar per annum business and who do the advertisers target? Women! In order to encourage…
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First-Ever Global Food Allergy Virtual Summit is Aug. 13-15
New innovations in food allergy prevention and treatment promise to usher in a new era. How best to navigate these advances? Allergy & Asthma Network, the leading patient outreach, education, advocacy and research nonprofit, and Global Food Therapy are partnering to provide answers and more at the first-ever Global Food Allergy Virtual Summit, Aug. 13-15. The…
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FDA Approves StrataGraft for the Treatment of Adults with Thermal Burns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved StrataGraft for the treatment of adult patients with thermal burns containing intact dermal elements (remaining deep skin layers) for which surgical intervention is clinically indicated (also referred to as deep partial thickness burns). Thermal burns are typically caused by direct contact with an external heat source such as…
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Applications of Medicinal Mushrooms in Modern Medicine and Healthcare
By Arthur Huang Medicinal mushrooms have been a staple in Eastern Medicine for centuries and are slowly gaining popularity in other strands of medicine. Consumption of the right set of mushrooms can help boost immunity, maintain hormonal balance and help the brain, among others. However, studies into the advantages of mushrooms are a…
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FDA Takes Steps to Increase Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine
Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine Following careful review and deliberation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking important steps that will allow a critically needed supply of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine to be made available. The agency is announcing today that it is authorizing for use, under the emergency use…
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Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in 2021 could pay thousands of dollars, study suggests
Newswise — Americans who get seriously ill from COVID-19 in 2021 might have to pay thousands of dollars in bills from their hospitals, doctors and ambulance companies, a new study suggests. The new University of Michigan analysis has implications for both policymakers and people who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated. The authors published their findings as…
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Houston health insurance spikes with 1 million new signups for Open Enrollment
Rick Thornton, a Houston health insurance agent, says the current administration’s decision to re-open ACA enrollment has been a blessing for many Americans. HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA — Houston health insurance saw a massive and long-overdue spike in new Affordable Care Act enrollments recently as the current administration — fresh off seeing its American Rescue Plan signed…
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FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Chronic Weight Management, First Since 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy (semaglutide) injection (2.4 mg once weekly) for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight with at least one weight-related condition (such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol), for use in addition to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity. This…
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Fauci: Nurses Are the Heroes of the Pandemic
NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci gives keynote address during American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ annual conference Newswise — Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical advisor to the President of the United States, spoke to nurses and other healthcare professionals during the National Teaching…