What an Exciting Day for the Prevention of HIV
As of Monday July 16th – the Food and Drug Administration – approved the Truvada as a prescription medication to prevent high risk patients from being exposed to HIV.
Are you planning on getting a Colonoscopy this month?
March is the month where we celebrate for the awareness for colorectal cancer or colon cancer. Colonoscopies are the manner that this cancer is found.
Prescription Drug Abuse is Rapidly Rising
Look into your medicine cabinet and you will undoubtedly find a prescription drug. Then think that someone out there is abusing that same medication. Many studies are pointing out what most people already know. Drug abuse is rising and just as concerning, many of the drugs are prescription medications.
Tylenol Recall Expands
Tylenol Arthritis, a medication designed to treat arthritis has expanded its recall.. The recall began in November because of a smell that has been described as “moldy” or “musty”.
Vicodin and Percocet could be on the way out
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met today in Adelphi, Maryland to discuss the concern of two powerful medications used for pain control. The two painkillers are Percocet and Vicodin.
Marathon – The Running That Actually Will Set You Free
Recently and it seems, yearly, I have decided to get back to into running. I am not a great runner and have only ran a half dozen 5k races over the past few years. I have always wanted to enjoy running but I believed that to learning to love running would be impossible.
Drugs from the Ocean
Scientific advancements are all around us. The next great frontier is the Ocean and a potential area of study is the improvement in our medicines and treatment. This research would expand our understanding of the creatures of the deep as well as the organisms unseen.
