May 29, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted final approval of the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, commonly known as Narcan, a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The agency is also planning new steps to prioritize the review of additional generic drug applications for products intended...

Your patients are likely aware that cigarette smoking can kill them. They probably also know that cigarettes contain chemicals—a mix of over 7,000 chemicals, in fact—that can cause diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and COPD.1 What they may not know is that other tobacco products, like e-cigarettes, hookah, and smokeless tobacco, contain some of the...

Every organ in the human body serves an important purpose in keeping it running and in prime condition. Most healthy people are not cognizant of their organs—like lungs—on a daily basis, because they are able to breathe without difficulty and perform their daily tasks without major effort. But damage to these vital organs can cause...

Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays causes most cases of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer. To lower a patient’s skin cancer risk, instruct them to protect their skin from the sun and avoid indoor tanning. Summer is full of outdoor activities. Patients probably put sunscreen on themselves and their kids when they go to...