What is Nowruz? Persian New Year traditions and food explained
Reset your year with green dishes filled with fresh herbs and a clean home for the Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Four 'hormone healing' herbs and spices to help reduce visceral fat
Women are more vulnerable to developing visceral fat around their bellies due to imbalanced hormones. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Women claim these 'life-changing' herbal patches can help treat menopause symptoms
SHOPPING: Women with symptoms of menopause have called these herbal patches 'life-changing' with helping combat mood swings, disturbed sleep and hot flushes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blend of nine herbs could offer 'significantly greater' reductions in blood sugar - study
Packed with natural ingredients like turmeric, the supplement has shown promising blood sugar reductions in research. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Toxicities of herbal abortifacients - Feng C, Fay KE, Burns MM.
BACKGROUND: In the post-Roe era, barriers to facility-based abortions may lead to an increased incidence of self-managed abortions. While misoprostol-based medication abortions have significant literature supporting its safety profile, there is a knowledge... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Expert says three 'anti-inflammatory' teas could cut your risk of Alzheimer's disease
Three herbal teas, including German chamomile, could help boost your memory, according to an expert. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

German chamomile, rosehip and spearmint tea could cut risk of Alzheimer's disease
Three herbal teas, including German chamomile, could help boost your memory, according to an expert. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Real-World Data Analyses Show Greater Treatment Persistence Than IL-17s in Both Bio-naïve and Bio-experienced Patients Living With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 17, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced new data, showing that initiation of TREMFYA® (guselkumab) was associated with greater treatment persistencea compared to secukinumab or ixekizumab in bio-naïve and bio-experienced patientsb living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PsO), based on pairwise analysesc of real-world data.[1],[2] Additionally, in a post-hoc analysis of Phase 3 VOYAGE 2 clinical trial results, TREMFYA demonstrated durable clinical efficacy, itch relief and quality-of-life improvements in patients living with scal...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Liver dangers of herbal products: a case report of ashwagandha-induced liver injury - Lubarska M, Ha łasiński P, Hryhorowicz S, Mahadea DS, Łykowska-Szuber L, Eder P, Dobrowolska A, Krela-Kaźmierczak I.
In recent years, cases of liver damage caused by ashwagandha herbal supplements have been reported from different parts of the world (Japan, Iceland, India, and the USA). Here, we describe the clinical phenotype of suspected ashwagandha-induced liver injur... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Ghana: Cathedral Herbal and Fertility Clinic Wins Award
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practi­tioners Association (GHAF­TRAM) has adjudged the Cathedral Herbal and Fertility Clinic the over­all best traditional medicine fertility clinic of the year 2022 at the just ended GHAFTRAM awards. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 9, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

New VOYAGER PAD Analysis Confirms Consistent Benefit of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) Plus Aspirin Following Lower Extremity Revascularization (LER)
TITUSVILLE, NJ, March 5, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced data from a new prespecified analysis from the Phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial reinforcing the benefits of the XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily plus aspirin 100 mg once daily) over standard of care (aspirin alone), demonstrating consistent benefit at 30 days, 90 days and up to three years following LER in patients with PAD. Lower extremity revascularization, also called peripheral revascularization, is a procedure that restores blood flow in blocked arteries or veins. This analysis of ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

New STELARA ® (ustekinumab) Long-Term Data Support its Established Safety Profile in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Durable Efficacy in Ulcerative Colitis
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 4, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced final pooled long-term safety results for STELARA® (ustekinumab) through five years in adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease (CD) and four years in adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC), as well as final four-year clinical and endoscopic outcomes from the UNIFI long-term extension (LTE) study evaluating the efficacy of STELARA for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active UC.1,2 These data are a part of Janssen’s 22 oral and poster ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Demonstrates a Differentiated Binding Mechanism from Risankizumab in In Vitro Studies
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 3, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced additional results from in vitro MODIF-Y studies, which continue to support a hypothesis that not all IL-23 inhibitors are the same by demonstrating a differentiated binding mechanism for TREMFYA® (guselkumab) from risankizumab. Findings show that guselkumab is able to dose-dependently bind to CD64+a myeloid cells,1 the predominant source of IL-23-driven inflammation in the gut.2,b Data comprise one of Janssen’s 22 oral and poster presentations at the 18th Congress of the European Crohn’s and Col...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Herbal supplement-induced liver injury: a case report - Khan H, Reyes JVM, Seen T, Irefej B, Ahmad S.
We present the case of a 45-year-old woman who arrived at the emergency department complaining of sudden epigastric pain. An inpatient evaluation revealed no evidence of viral or immunologic infection. Additionally, imaging did not elicit a clear cause for... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Despite Potential Ownership Changes, It ’s Still Business As Usual For The Milwaukee Bucks
Nearly a decade after he and fellow New York investment billionaires bought the Milwaukee Bucks from former Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl, Marc Lasry has reportedly agree to sell his stake in the franchise to Jimmy and Dee Haslam, owners of the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns. The deal,…#milwaukeebucks #wisconsin #herbkohl #marclasry #deehaslam #bucks #jonhorst #mikebudenolzer #giannisantetokounmpo #edens (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news