FDA approves Erelzi, a biosimilar to Enbrel
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Erelzi, (etanercept-szzs) for multiple inflammatory diseases. Erelzi is a biosimilar to Enbrel (etanercept), which was originally licensed in 1998.Erelzi is administered by injection for the treatment of:moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, either as a standalone therapy or in combination with methotrexate (MTX);moderate to severe polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients ages two and older;active psoriatic arthritis, includ..>> view originalAntibiotic 'Report Card' Drills Guidelines Into Dentists
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Dentists are less likely to prescribe antibiotics for patients after seeing a "report card" on their past prescription rates, a new study from the United Kingdom says. Previous research has suggested that dentists often prescribe antibiotics when they're not appropriate. Overuse of the drugs can contribute to antibiotic resistance. In this study, Jan Clarkson of the University of Dundee in..>> view originalNational pediatric group urges harsher stance on vaccines
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New guidelines issued this week by the American Academy of Pediatrics urge pediatricians and lawmakers to get tougher with parents who exempt their children from required immunizations – which could be an uphill battle in New Mexico.The report urges lawmakers to eliminate “non-medic..>> view originalOhio's Abortion Restriction Actually Made Women Less Safe, Study Shows
It sounded like a simple, innocuous safety regulation: Doctors administering medication to end a pregnancy would have adhere to a protocol set by the federal Food and Drug Administration. But according to a new study, the effect of the law in one state, Ohio, was to actually increase the number of complications women getting abortions experienced. Ohio passed the medication abortion law in 2004 — it was among a half dozen similar ones nationwide and came from the playbook of anti-abortion ..>> view originalTheir Masters' Voices: Dogs Understand Tone And Meaning Of Words
Enlarge this image What did she say? Eniko Kubinyi/Science hide caption toggle caption Eniko Kubinyi/Science What did she say? Eniko Kubinyi/Science When you praise a dog, it's listening not just to the words you say but also how you say them. That might not be huge news to dog owners. But now scientis..>> view originalHow did Listeria get into recalled veggies?
About 30,000 cases of precut vegetables are being recalled in many Southeastern states because they could be contaminated with Listeria. But how, exactly, do these bacteria get into veggies?This week, the food manufacturer Country Fresh announced a recall of several of its vegetable products — including precut onions, mushrooms and peppers — after one of its products being sold in a Georgia grocery store tested positive for Listeria bacteria. The recall affects products sold at a number of groc..>> view originalEbola Lingers For More Than a Year in Semen
The Ebola virus can linger for a year or even longer in the semen of some men, researchers reported Tuesday. That means that Ebola survivors could be an important source for re-igniting outbreaks of the deadly virus, which killed more than 11,000 people in in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in a two-year epidemic that ended earlier this year. Ebola can stay in a patient's eyes formonths but worse, it can stay in semen for more than a year, infecting people via sex. The New England J..>> view originalCDC Almost Out of Zika Money, Director Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is almost out of money to fight the Zika virus, the agency's director said Tuesday — just hours before Florida announced three fresh homegrown cases of the infection. Zika has now infected 46 people locally in Florida, presumably spread by mosquitoes. One case is part of an outbreak in Miami Beach and health officials say they're trying to trace the origins of two others. An inspector with the Miami-Dade County mosquito control departmen..>> view originalHepatitis A outbreak linked to smoothies spans 5 states; 51 sick
More than 50 people in five states are confirmed with Hepatitis A infections in an outbreak associated with frozen strawberries from Egypt that were served at Tropical Smoothie Café locations in Virginia. The vast majority of the infected people — 44 ...>> view original
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