FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) Sklice (ivermectin) lotion for treating head lice was approved for over-the-counter (OTC) use in a process known as prescription-to-OTC switch, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. Sklice 0.5 percent was first approved in February 2012 for prescription use in the treatment of […]
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FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) Health care workers and their households account for 17.2 percent of COVID-19 admissions in the working-age population, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in The BMJ. Anoop S.V. Shah, M.D., from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined […]
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global TB Programme welcomes the results from an important study on shortened treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) in children, presented at the 51st virtual Union World Conference on Lung Health. The study, named SHINE (Shorter Treatment for Minimal Tuberculosis in Children), was sponsored by University College […]
In 2019, 538.1 million people were treated for lymphatic filariasis (LF) in 38 countries that implemented mass drug administration (MDA) of populations at risk of the disease, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Seventeen countries achieved the criteria for elimination of LF as a public health problem; Kiribati, […]
A new report has been released today by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, titled Progress towards the achievement of global tuberculosis targets and implementation of the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the fight against tuberculosis. The report stresses that high-level commitments and targets have […]
In 2019, 538.1 million people were treated for lymphatic filariasis (LF) in 38 countries that implemented mass drug administration (MDA) of populations at risk of the disease, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Seventeen countries achieved the criteria for elimination of LF as a public health problem; Kiribati, […]
For medicines to work safely, it’s vital to have strong systems in place to report any undesired side effects or “adverse drug reactions“. The most important aspect of drug safety monitoring is reliable, real-time information. Health-care professionals (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists) are best placed to report suspected adverse reactions as […]
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) You might be onto something if you suspect your mental and physical health declined during the COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year. Stay-at-home orders appear to have had an overall bad effect on people’s […]
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) Long-term use of estrogen-only and combined estrogen and progestogen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in The BMJ. Yana Vinogradova, Ph.D., from the University of Nottingham in the United […]
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) Prepregnancy diabetes is associated with several subtypes of congenital anomalies of the newborn, according to a study published online Oct. 21 in Diabetes Care. Yuxiao Wu, from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and colleagues examined the association between maternal prepregnancy diabetes, gestational […]