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Medical Glove Conservation Strategies: Letter to Health Care Providers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes the need for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as medical gloves, may outpace the supply available to health care organizations during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. This Letter to Health Care Providers refers specifically to potential shortages relating to surgeons’ gloves and patient examination gloves. The...
FDA Approves Oxbryta, Second Sickle Cell Drug Approval in 10 Days
On Monday November 25 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Oxbryta (voxelotor) for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. “Today’s approval provides additional hope to the 100,000 people in the U.S., and the more than 20 million globally, who...
FDA Approves First Targeted Therapy to Treat Patients With Painful Complication of Sickle Cell Disease
On November 15 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Adakveo (crizanlizumab-tmca), a treatment to reduce the frequency of vaso-occlusive crisis – a common and painful complication of sickle cell disease that occurs when blood circulation is obstructed by sickled red blood cells – for patients age 16 years and older. “Hope has never been...
FDA Approves First Generic Naloxone Nasal Spray To Treat Opioid Overdose
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...
The Real Effects Of Chemicals In Tobacco Products On Patient Health
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...
How Tobacco Can Harm The Lungs
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...
Skin Cancer Awareness
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...