An FDA bulletin for health professionals: the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule, issued December 3, 2014, drops the A, B, C, D and X pregnancy categories and requires labels to be updated as information ages. It also lists recalls, including mold on Gel-E Donut and Squishon 2 products.
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Want to Be More Health Savvy?
Only about 12 percent of U.S. adults have the skills to manage their health and prevent disease, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy found. FDA officials say low health literacy limits reading nutrition labels and test numbers and is linked to more hospitalization.
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FDA Updates for Health Professionals - 11-19-14
FDA's bulletin for health professionals questions whether two generic versions of Concerta are therapeutically equivalent, lists 37 October prescribing-information changes, and flags early trial data on long-term antiplatelet therapy showing benefits but more non-cardiac deaths.
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Debt brokers expose sensitive financial info
The FTC sued two debt brokers for posting spreadsheets on a public website with the bank account and credit card numbers, birth dates, contact details and employers of more than 70,000 people, exposing them to identity theft and to scammers posing as debt collectors.
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FTC sues AT&T for limiting “unlimited data”
The FTC sued AT&T Mobility over data throttling, saying the company promised unlimited data, then slowed speeds for heavy users without telling them and charged early termination fees to those who left. The suit seeks to stop the practice and win refunds.
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Headline news: Scammers issue bogus newspaper subscription renewal notices
Bogus newspaper renewal invoices are circulating from companies with no tie to the publisher, sometimes priced four times higher than usual. The FTC advises paying through the paper's own site or a known number, watching for billing changes, and reporting suspect invoices.
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FDA News for Health Professionals - 10-22-2014
An FDA bulletin for health professionals rounding up October 2014 alerts, including recalls of Assured brand naproxen boxes that held ibuprofen, Saba Shark Cartilage Complex over possible salmonella, and Hospira lidocaine injection for particulate matter.
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Caution: Some Over-the-Counter Medicines May Affect Your Driving
Some over-the-counter medicines cause drowsiness that can impair driving for hours or even into the next day, says FDA medical officer Ali Mohamadi. Read the Drug Facts label, check active ingredients so you do not double up, and match the stated uses to your condition.
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Be smart about your phone
FTC advice for guarding the data on a smartphone: set the phone to lock itself, use separate passwords for each shopping or financial app, keep personal information off public Wi-Fi, delete texts and emails that ask for it, and switch Bluetooth off when you are not using it.
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Evaluating Patients for Possible Ebola Virus Disease: Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel and Health Officials
A CDC Health Alert Network advisory follows the first US Ebola diagnosis, in a Dallas patient who left Monrovia on September 19. It asks clinicians to ask feverish patients about West Africa travel in the prior 21 days, isolate suspected cases, and notify health departments at once.
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Recall news from CPSC 09-30-2014
Four recalls in one bulletin: 5,300 pairs of Trimfoot First Impressions infant sneakers sold at Macy's, whose metal eyelets can detach and choke; Franklin Fueling hardwall fuel curb hose over fire and explosion risk; and two boys' hooded sweatshirts pulled for strangulation hazards.
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New Executive Actions to Combat Antibiotic Resistance and Protect Public Health
The Obama administration announced an executive order and a new interagency task force to curb antibiotic-resistant bacteria, alongside a PCAST report. CDC figures put resistant infections at 2 million illnesses and 23,000 additional deaths a year, costing $20 billion in direct care.
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CDC Recommendation: Use of PCV13 and PPSV23 in adults 65 and older
CDC now recommends adults 65 and older get both pneumococcal vaccines. Those with no prior pneumococcal vaccination, or unknown history, should receive PCV13 first and PPSV23 six to 12 months later; those already given PPSV23 should get PCV13 at least a year after that dose.
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Drug News: FDA approves Movantik for opioid-induced constipation
The FDA approved Movantik (naloxegol) for opioid-induced constipation in adults with chronic non-cancer pain. In the first of two trials covering 1,352 participants, 44% on 25 mg and 41% on 12.5 mg had more weekly bowel movements, against 29% on placebo.
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FDA's Consumer Updates: My Dog Has Cancer: What Do I Need to Know?
FDA veterinarian Lisa Troutman explains that the agency reviews animal drugs for safety and effectiveness as it does human drugs, and that companies have only recently brought cancer treatments made for pets to market. Cancer accounts for almost half of deaths in pets over 10.
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Make Swimming Healthier & Safer: Model Aquatic Health Code 1st Edition Released Today _ CDC
CDC released the first edition of the Model Aquatic Health Code, voluntary science-based guidelines states and localities can use to write or update pool codes against outbreaks, drowning and pool-chemical injuries. It took seven years, 12 technical committees, 140 people and 4,400 public comments.
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Million Hearts e-Update: July/August 2014 - CDC News
A CDC Million Hearts newsletter rounding up blood pressure control resources for clinicians, a Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Resource Center of lower-sodium recipes built with EatingWell, free half-day preventive cardiology sessions, and an ASTHO request for proposals for participating states.
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Transcript: Traveling with Prescription Medications - from FDA
In this FDA Drug Info Rounds transcript, pharmacists tell travelers not to assume a prescription approved in one country is legal in another, to check that approved uses may differ, and to carry the brand and generic name, dosage form, strength and frequency of each medicine.
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