Drugs and Devices

6+ hour, 14+ min ago   (250+ words) The Global Filipino Magazine Government welfare agencies will step in to handle the continuing recovery of two Filipino workers who suffered strokes in the United Arab Emirates, now that doctors at Al Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah have deemed both fit…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (134+ words) NZDoctor Website intended for a New Zealand health professional readership EDUCATE REVISITED: Drug safety Amy van der Loo, clinical editor Over the past couple of years, we have published this informative collection of Educate articles about drug safety, including several…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1474+ words) Modern oncology has made real progress: some cancers that were once fatal can now be cured or controlled for years, with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and newer targeted and immune therapies playing a part. But oncology has also become highly specialized,…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (248+ words) GeneMatrix said Monday it has secured government funding to support a phase 1 clinical trial of GMAI-02, its hepatitis A vaccine candidate. The biohealth company was selected for a vaccine self-sufficiency program under the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Vaccine Commercialization…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (316+ words) Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has warned about the risks of unapproved weight-loss drugs after a patient was hospitalised with a torn oesophagus caused by severe uncontrollable vomiting. The person had taken a product they believed was…...

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (287+ words) Many heart attack patients still miss the window for life-saving treatment because of diagnostic delays, but that’s changing with the FDA’s De Novo authorization of Powerful Medical’s Queen of Hearts AI-ECG model that detects STEMI and its harder-to-spot equivalents. As…...

11+ hour, 11+ min ago   (35+ words) Know the precautions needed during treatment and ways to reduce breast cancer risk Bhaskar English Breast cancer medicine may increase fibroid risk:Know the precautions needed during treatment and ways to reduce breast cancer risk...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago   (92+ words) 1. The 5x-multiplier approach reduced opioid prescribing at discharge compared to the 3-tier model after intra-abdominal cancer surgery. 2. Fewer prescribed discharge opioids in the 5x-multiplier group did not worsen 14-day opioid consumption, refill rates, or patient satisfaction. Click to read the…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (342+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control announced the launch of a 600‑member Pharmacists Reserve Volunteer Programme aimed at reinforcing its efforts to counter substandard and falsified medicines across Nigeria. The Director‑General stressed that regulation which…...

15+ hour, 11+ min ago   (601+ words) Mitch Tisdell lost about $50,000 in income while he was being treated for blood cancer. Mr Tisdell, of Jewells, also had about $10,000 in out-of-pocket expenses for specialist and allied health appointments. The 37-year-old shared his story to coincide with the Leukaemia…...