The CDC now says you’re cleared to resume normal activities when the following are both true for at least 24 hours: Your symptoms are getting better overall You haven’t had a fever (and aren’t using fever-reducing medication) Bottom line: If you’re sick, stay home. If your symptoms...
Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pushed a false “safe and effective” COVID vaccine narrative by underreporting adverse events. The mRNA shots “never should have been ...
For those who have been denied employment or otherwise discriminated against because of their condition or their medication, I hope they pursue justice. I want policymakers and stakeholders to understand the collateral damage they have created. Chronic pain patients are not addicted—they are dependent...
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In a report on the new guidelines, the CDC notes how widespread the drugs' use has become: "In 2012, health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions foropioid pain medication, enough for every adult in the United States to have a bottle of pills," it states. ...
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, which manages the Medicaid program for the State of Indiana. "Our analysis ofchlamydiaand gonorrhea treatment rates, which sheds light on what proportion of patients receive treatment and who is more likely to receive treatment, is likely to be simi...
State and federal legislators have introduced legislation to require schools carry naloxone, and the Biden administrationencouraged schoolsat the end of last year to keep the medication on-hand and teach staff how to use it.
options for acute and chronic pain care, in alignment with the 2010 Army Surgeon General's Pain Management Task Force Report, the American College of Physician's Guidelines, and the Veterans Health Administration that encourage evidence-based nonpharmacologic options early in patient treatment protocols...
New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urge doctors to take it easy in prescribing the potentially killer drugs.
About 7 million adults in the United States have moderately to severely impaired immune function because of a medical condition they live with or a medication they take to manage a health condition. People who fall into this category are at higher risk of being hospitalized or dying if they ge...