How safe is the abortion pill compared with other common drugs
A federal judge in Texas holds a hearing in a lawsuit seeking to block access to mifepristone nationwide, the first drug in the medication abortion process. Data analyzed by CNN shows mifepristone is safer than common, low-risk prescription drugs like penicillin and Viagra. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Unsung Stories of 3 Pioneering Black Female Doctors
Jasmine Brown is still in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, but she has already published a book about medicine: Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. It’s the culmination of research she started while a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. She noticed a lack of literature on Black female doctors, and was immediately struck by an oral history by Dr. May Chinn, one of Harlem’s first Black female doctors. Chinn’s story resonated with Brown, who, despite being the daughter of engineers, was often discouraged f...
Source: TIME: Health - March 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Olivia B. Waxman Tags: Uncategorized Books News Team Source Type: news
Guidelines Urge Proactive De-Labeling of Penicillin Allergy Guidelines Urge Proactive De-Labeling of Penicillin Allergy
New guidelines for de-labeling of penicillin allergy urge allergists to skip skin testing and recommend direct oral challenge to low-risk patients. Validated risk tools can help.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy & Clinical Immunology News Source Type: news
No, You Shouldn ’t Be Afraid of Fungi
By now, you’ve probably heard about “zombie fungi”, which are able to puppet the behaviour of their insect hosts with magnificent precision. One such fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, infects carpenter ants. Once infected by the fungus, ants are stripped of their instinctive fear of heights and climb up the nearest plant. In due course the fungus forces the ant to clamp its jaws around the plant in a “death grip.” The fungus then digests the ant’s body and projects a stalk-like structure out of its head, from which spores shower down on ants passing below.
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Source: TIME: Science - February 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Giuliana Furci and Merlin Sheldrake Tags: Uncategorized climate change Evergreen freelance Source Type: news
Not Allergic to Penicillin After All? Your Pharmacy May Not Know
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 -- When testing determines that a patient who was thought to be allergic to penicillin actually is not, the warning is expected to be removed from their charts and pharmacy records.
But that " de-labeling " is not always... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
ChatGPT Is More Like Penicillin Than Precision Medicine
(MedPage Today) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) arms race was just kicked into high gear with OpenAI's mass release of the free language model called ChatGPT. The chatbot has already passed 100 million monthly users, which makes it one of the... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
‘People are shocked’: the Welsh firm breeding maggots to heal wounds
Tens of thousands of ordinary greenbottle flies are swarming inside 30 boxes in a cleanroom at an unassuming building in a south Wales business park, where passersby would not suspect that insect eggs are regularly collected to breed larvae for “maggot therapy” on the NHS. Hundreds of UK health…#nhs #centralamerica #williambaer #penicillin #turkey #africa #nigeria #profyamninigam #swanseauniversity #biomonde (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Foodies Outraged as Beloved Pasta Brand Discontinues Small Star-Shaped Comfort Food Pastina
Ronzoni is under fire for discontinuing one of its most popular pasta shapes: Pastina. The small star-shaped pasta, known to many as the star of the soup dish regularly referred to as "Italian penicillin," will no longer be manufactured by the household pasta producer. "We hear you and greatly…#ronzonipastina #headedtobarilla #sopranos #rigatonino #goldengirls #boycottingallronzoni #pastina #italian #ronzoni #tubettini (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New penicillin shortage protocols give pharmacists greater freedom to switch scrips
The government has updated the penicillin serious shortage protocols (SSP) to give pharmacists greater freedom to switch medicines should the prescribed formulation be out of stock. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - December 18, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
What's behind the deadly strep A outbreak in the U.K.?
So far this year, 15 children have died tragically of strep A infections in the United Kingdom. The outbreak has led to a run on home strep tests and strained supplies of antibiotics as parents fear for their children's safety. How unusual is the outbreak, what are leading infectious disease…#twitter #slate #universityofguelph #igas #johnshopkinsuniversity #unitedkingdom #tryangregory #gregory #penicillin #rsv (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pharmacists able to supply alternative penicillin
Serious shortage protocols (SSPs) have been issued for three penicillin medicines. SSPs are used to manage temporary and potential medicine supply issues. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - December 16, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
UK issues ‘serious shortage’ protocol for penicillin
Move enables pharmacists to prescribe alternative formulations of antibiotics after rise in cases of Strep A (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - December 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Strep A: Pharmacies can now give alternative antibiotics
The new protocol comes amid temporary supply issues of penicillin to treat strep A, as cases rise. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pharmacists allowed to switch penicillin scrips amid supply concerns
The government has issued serious shortage protocols (SSPs) for three liquid solutions of penicillin V to allow pharmacists to dispense alternative forms of the medicine if they are out of stock. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - December 15, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Prescribing Source Type: news
Shortage protocol for antibiotics imminent as penicillin prescriptions soar
A serious shortage protocol (SSP) for some antibiotics is likely to be introduced imminently as group A strep fears have led to a five-fold increase in prescriptions for penicillin in recent weeks, a senior health official has said. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - December 15, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
