How Can I Get Rid of a Cold While Breastfeeding?
The safety of giving infants and children over-the-counter (OTC) cold and cough medicine is important for caregivers to understand. While there is no “gold standard” recommendation for giving infants and children OTC cold and cough medicine for fever, aches, cough, and runny nose, a few standards have been recommended. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends […]
FDA Warns on Needle-Free Injection Devices for Facial Fillers
The FDA issued a safety alert on Friday warning against the use of needle-free injection devices for lip or facial fillers — such as hyaluron pens for injecting hyaluronic acid — as these devices are unapproved and have been linked with serious injuries. Patients “may not be aware of the serious adverse events that have […]
DEA Issues Rare Public Safety Alert on Fake Prescription Pills
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a public safety alert on Monday warning of an “alarming increase” in lethal counterfeit pills containing fentanyl or methamphetamine. The alert, the DEA’s first in 6 years, aimed to raise awareness of a significant surge in fake pills mass-produced by criminal drug networks and marketed as legitimate prescription pills. […]
Single- or Multi-Fraction SABR for Lung Oligometastases?
Both single-fraction and multifraction stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) had acceptable safety and comparable efficacy for patients with pulmonary oligometastases, according to results from a phase II randomized trial. The primary endpoint of grade 3 or higher adverse events (AEs) related to treatment within 1 year of SABR was similar between the single-fraction arm (5%) […]