Zantac Recalled Because of NDMA
In a move that was unsurprising, the FDA announced this week that they requesting all Zantac or Ranitinde products be removed from the pharmacies, shelves, stores, and market. The decision has been expected for months.
Top 20 Breast Cancer Reminders
Breast Cancer Awareness comes every October…but that doesn’t diminish the importance of being aware of breast cancer. The following are important reminders in Women’s Health:
JACR Publishes New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
The battle continues on the reccomendations for the guidelines for breast cancer screening. Recently two groups placed importance for the age 40 for breast cancer screenings for those who are high-risk patients. Also recommended are imaging evaluation of mammography, MRI and ultrasound.
An Awareness of Breast Cancer
Each year for the past 25 years another important event has occured in October. This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month also called NBCAM.
Health Care Spending
Health care is an area of demanding and controversial health care programs, insurance and spending. Medicaid and Medicare are government run programs that account for a large portion of health care cost.
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.
Irritable Bowel Disease – Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s
Irritable Bowel Diseases of the intestines has 2 main players: Ulcerative Colitis Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. Although these two conditions are similar with symptoms, inflammation, and presentations, there are also many differences.
B
Health Choices, Medical Conditions, Diseases, Medications and much more that start with the letter B.
