FDA Approves Rx-to-OTC Switch for Nasal Allergy Spray

FDA Approves Rx-to-OTC Switch for Nasal Allergy Spray

[ad_1] Home » Specialties » Womens Health The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the prescription to over-the-counter (OTC) switch for Perrigo’s Nasonex® 24hr Allergy (mometasone furoate monohydrate). Nasonex is a corticosteroid indicated for the treatment of nasal symptoms of allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps, and the prophylaxis…

How to Lower Blood Pressure

How to Lower Blood Pressure

[ad_1] High blood pressure, also referred to as hypertension, is a common medical condition. In North America, as many as 1 in 3 individuals are silently living with this disorder. Genetics, being overweight or obese, advancing age, and being African-American all predispose individuals to have high blood pressure. High blood pressure causes no symptoms early…

Roundup: Digital health platform Altibbi supports Egyptian project, ORCHA launches digital health academy, and more briefs

Roundup: Digital health platform Altibbi supports Egyptian project, ORCHA launches digital health academy, and more briefs

[ad_1] Digital health platform Altibbi supports Egyptian blood plasma project Altibbi has partnered with Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population to work on a blood plasma project. The national project, to establish blood plasma donations for medicine production, will contribute to the production of medicines and help to treat burns or pathological conditions, including kidney,…

How physicians are capturing — or overlooking — virtual care’s value

How physicians are capturing — or overlooking — virtual care’s value

[ad_1] You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get this newsletter delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday.  AI gains ground in cardiac health  While health tech watchers question how much artificial intelligence really moves the needle in medicine today, a pair of new studies point…

New research shows certain exercises can help those with muscular dystrophy

New research shows certain exercises can help those with muscular dystrophy

[ad_1] Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells. Credit: Public Domain Muscular dystrophy is a debilitating disease that causes the weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles that progressively worsens over time. According to a team…

New project to bring high-quality fetal ultrasound to developing countries

New project to bring high-quality fetal ultrasound to developing countries

[ad_1] Northwestern Medicine and Google are collaborating on a project to bring fetal ultrasound to developing countries by combining AI (artificial intelligence), low-cost hand-held ultrasound devices and a smartphone. The project will develop algorithms enabling AI to read ultrasound images from these devices taken by lightly trained community health workers and even pregnant people at…