Abbott informed consumers and healthcare professionals of a nationwide recall of three lots of two-ounce bottles of Similac Special Care 24 Cal/fl. oz. Ready-to-Feed Premature Infant Formula with Iron, a highly specialized liquid ready-to-feed formula used only for premature infants after discharge from the hospital.
People whose blood shows signs of inflammation are more likely to later develop Alzheimer’s disease than people with no signs of inflammation, according to a study published in the May 29, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
UT Southwestern Medical Center doctors and UT Arlington engineers have developed a wireless monitoring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux.
In response to information received from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding eye infections from Acanthamoeba, a naturally occurring water-borne organism which can contribute to serious corneal infections, Advanced Medical Optics is immediately and voluntarily recalling its Complete? MoisturePlusTM contact lens solutions.
A severe lack of healthcare workers is compromising both quality and availability of HIV/AIDS care in southern Africa, warned international medical relief organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
Abbott’s Ross Products Division announced a voluntary nationwide recall of three lots of two-ounce bottles of Similac Special Care 24 Cal / fl. oz. Ready-to-Feed (RTF) Premature Infant Formula with Iron, a highly specialized liquid ready-to-feed formula used only for premature infants after discharge from the hospital.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and their patients who wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana, Ca.
The ethics and philosophy of marketing will come under the spotlight at a new public seminar being hosted at the University of Adelaide.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest AIDS healthcare, prevention and education provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia unveiled a public awareness campaign targeting negative direct-to-consumer advertising of HIV/AIDS drugs by pharmaceutical companies.
After analyzing results of a survey of more than 3,000 adults with asthma, researchers at Emory Crawford Long Hospital have found that obese patients with asthma are more likely to have severe asthma when compared to those who are not overweight.