Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs reduces breast tumor development in mice

Adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of breast cancer in the offspring of mice at high risk of the disease because of the high fat diet fed to their mothers during pregnancy. Conversely, this treatment combination increased breast cancer development in the offspring whose mothers had not been fed a high fat diet during pregnancy.

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Friday, December 27, 2019

Using Twitter to Learn about Patient-Provider Communication on Pain

This new study sheds light on how pain patients and health care providers interact on Twitter.



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Thursday, December 26, 2019

Know Active Ingredients in Children's Meds

If your child is taking more than one medication at the same time, there could be dangerous health consequences if those medicines have the same active ingredient. It's important to be aware of the active ingredients in each medication.

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6 Tip-offs to Rip-offs: Don't Fall for Health Fraud Scams

Been scammed? Don't be duped into buying fraudulent health products. Learn the tip-offs to rip-offs in this Consumer Update, part of FDA's support of National Consumer Protection Week.

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Practice Hospital Bed Safety

Life-saving tips for using hospital beds safely

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Algunos medicamentos para dormir pueden afectar su capacidad para conducir

La FDA ha informado a los compañías farmacéuticas que deben reducirse la dosis recomendada de ciertos medicamentos para dormir que contengan zolpidem, entre ellos Ambien, ya que pueden afectar los niveles de alerta en las funciones en la mañana posterior a su uso, incluyendo el conducir. Las personas que usan zolpidem pueden estar en riesgo incluso si se sienten muy alertas.

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Some Sleep Drugs Can Impair Driving

FDA is requiring that the recommended dose be lowered for some sleep drugs containing zolpidem, including Ambien, because they could impair driving the next morning. Drivers could be at risk even if they feel wide awake.

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