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Tag: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Cold Caps Can Prevent Hair Loss from Chemotherapy

| March 12, 2015 Comment

Cold Caps Can Prevent Hair Loss from Chemotherapy – An experimental therapy which involves wearing tightly-fitting caps filled with gel that’s chilled to between -15 to -40 degrees Fahrenheit seem to prevent hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The cold caps have not yet been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]

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Only Heart-Attack Patients Should Be Taking Aspirin

| March 1, 2015 Comment

Only heart-attack patients should be taking aspirin, according to cardiologists. Physicians usually recommend a low-dose aspirin regimen for patients who have had  a heart attack or stroke because it reduces the risk of having another stroke or attack. But taking aspirin when you have not had such an incident might be dangerous. Aspirin interferes with […]

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Design Flaw in Endoscope Linked to UCLA Superbug Outbreak

| February 22, 2015 Comment

Design Flaw in Endoscope Linked to UCLA Superbug Outbreak – The superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan Medical Center at University of California, Los Angeles, has been linked to a design flaw which prevents it from being cleaned properly. The contaminated endoscopes have caused the death of two patients and infected five others. According to […]

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