The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to update the labeling on all statins to remove the drugs' blanket contraindication in all pregnant patients, the agency has announced. The change should ...

The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease (AD), which involves parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. Millions of Americans suffer from AD. The disease usually ...

An initial triptan prescription was linked with ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction for people with a high-risk cardiovascular profile, a case-crossover study in Denmark found. Among more than ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Current anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is not necessarily a contraindication for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to a stroke patient in the emergency department, a ...

Shellfish allergy is sometimes wrongly considered a contraindication to Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA). We report a case of a patient with shellfish allergy in which this misconception led to ...

In medicine, the term 'contra' means against and the term 'indication' is used for a valid reason for taking a particular test, medicine or procedure. So, contraindication basically means against a ...

Multicenter Randomized Trial of Centralized Nurse-Led Telephone-Based Care Coordination to Improve Outcomes After Surgical Resection for Colorectal Cancer: The CONNECT Intervention Drugs are approved ...

Lantheus Medical Imaging announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label update for Definity (perflutren lipid microsphere) injectable suspension with the removal of a ...

NIEUWEGEIN, NETHERLANDS – JUNE 25: Close up view of a Janssen vaccine ready to be used on June 25, 2021 in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The Dutch government this week made it possible to make an injection ...

Background Clinical guidelines recommend pregnant women without contraindication engage in regular physical activity. This is based on extensive evidence demonstrating the safety and benefits of ...

Safety and efficacy of docetaxel combined with cisplatin as induction chemotherapy followed by cisplatin concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus gemcitabine as adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About two-thirds of individuals with invalid medical waivers submitted personal conviction waivers to avoid ...