The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has objected to New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notifications submitted by two developers of full-spectrum hemp extract products, telling the companies an earlier decision by the agency to consider cannabidiol (CBD) as a drug means it won’t consider their applications to sell the products as dietary supplements. Writing to...
Researchers from Connecticut-based Yale University has created a new way to determine if a person has acquired SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19. It turns out, a person’s saliva contains parts of the virus strands. Due to this conclusion, the university created its very own saliva-based COVID-19 test, and it is now approved by the United States Food...
There are several ways to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). Shockwave therapy could serve as a long-term treatment for underlying physical causes of ED. Aside from penile implants and lifestyle changes, techniques that include medication and injections represent on-demand treatment options. Shockwave therapy could be an alternative. Inadequate blood supply to the penis is a common...
Experts document progress made through rehabilitation interventions that improves quality of life Experts document progress made through rehabilitation interventions that improves quality of life for patients with cerebral palsy, in this special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Amsterdam, NL, August 3, 2020 – Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common...
Simplified recommendations reflect new developments in cervical cancer prevention AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY An updated cervical cancer screening guideline from the American Cancer Society reflects the rapidly changing landscape of cervical cancer prevention in the United States, calling for less and more simplified screening. The guideline appears in the ACS’s flagship journal, CA: A Cancer Journal...
Digital breast tomosynthesis improves cancer detection and reduces recalls, but women with extremely dense breasts don’t fully realize that advantage. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES/UW MEDICINE A RADIOLOGY TECHNICIAN HELPS PREPARE A PATIENT FOR A SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY AT UW MEDICAL CENTER-ROOSEVELT IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. view more CREDIT: UW MEDICINE A new comparison of two breast-screening...
STANFORD UNIVERSITY A PROTOTYPE OF THE HANDHELD AMMONIA BLOOD DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED TEST STRIPS, DEVELOPED BY RESEARCHERS AT STANFORD. view more CREDIT: THOMAS VELTMAN Seated around the dinner table, faculty affiliated with Stanford ChEM-H – one of Stanford University’s interdisciplinary institutes – spoke one-by-one, pitching ideas for collaborative research. Inspired by a recent medical conundrum,...
Researchers are scrambling to find other ways to diagnose the coronavirus and churn out millions of tests a week — a key step in returning to normality. The timing couldn’t have been worse. In March, just as Thailand’s coronavirus outbreak began to ramp up, three hospitals in Bangkok announced that they had suspended testing for...
Adding certain drugs to your statin can reduce cholesterol levels better than taking a statin alone. Here, a Michigan Medicine doctor breaks it all down. If you’ve ever been diagnosed with high cholesterol, also known as hyperlipidemia, your doctor has probably prescribed a statin. And while statins have been the go-to drug for managing cholesterol...
A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of the illness within households, new research concludes. A study examining 752 household contacts of 545 patients with the flu found that flu infections were much less common in household members who received the drug than among those who received a placebo....
