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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FERAHEME (Ferumoxytol) 30mg/mL injection by AMAG Pharmaceuticals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has strengthened an existing warning regarding serious and potentially fatal allergic reactions ...

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 ...

Let’s start with my use case. For treatment of mild dizziness and migraine, from september 2019 until March 2020, I’ve been taking 2x8mg Betaserc ( Betahistine) daily. -Fortunately, after 1 month the ...