FDA: Protect Your Pet from Heartworms Year-Round
The bad news: Heartworm disease can be fatal to dogs, cats, and ferrets. The good news: You can protect your pet from this disease. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure Heartworms can infect your pet year-round and preventing them is much easier, and healthier, for your pet than getting heartworms in the […]
FDA: Outsmarting Poison Ivy and Other Poisonous Plants
Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are a hazard year-round. Here are tips for preventing and treating the itchy rash and blisters. First comes the itching, then a red rash, and then blisters. These symptoms of poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac can emerge any time from a few hours to several days […]
FDA: Grapefruit Juice and Some Drugs Don’t Mix
Grapefruit juice and grapefruit can be part of a healthy diet. Grapefruit has vitamin C and potassium, nutrients your body needs to work properly. Grapefruit juice and grapefruit can affect the way your medicines work, and that food and drug interaction can be a concern. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has required that some […]
FDA: Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biologics
Biosimilars are a type of biologic medication that are safe and effective for treating many illnesses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved biosimilar medications to treat conditions such as chronic skin and bowel diseases, arthritis, kidney conditions, macular degeneration, and some cancers. But what are biosimilar and interchangeable biologic medications? To answer that […]
FDA: Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Tests and Treatments
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the U.S. and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths. And African-American men are more likely to get prostate cancer and twice as likely to die from the disease than men of other races. The prostate is part of the male reproductive system that […]
FDA: 5 Healthy Aging Tips for Women
Healthy aging involves good habits like eating healthy, avoiding common medication mistakes, managing health conditions, getting recommended screenings, and being active. FDA has tips to help you age fabulously. 1. Eat a Healthy Diet Good nutrition and food safety are especially important for older adults. As you age, you may be more susceptible to foodborne illness and food poisoning. You also need to make […]
FDA: 5 Medication Safety Tips for Older Adults
Whether you’re settling into your 60s or heading into your 90s, be careful when taking medicines, herbal preparations and supplements. Why the special concern? The older we get, the more likely we are to use more prescription and nonprescription (or over-the-counter, OTC) medicines. That can increase the chance of harmful side effects and drug interactions. […]
FDA: Ivermectin and COVID-19
One of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s jobs is to carefully evaluate the scientific data on a drug to be sure that it is both safe and effective for a particular use. There continues to be interest in a drug called ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans. The FDA has […]
FDA: Skip the Antibacterial Soap; Use Plain Soap and Water
When you buy soaps and body washes, do you reach for products labeled “antibacterial” hoping they’ll keep your family safer? Do you think those products will lower your risk of getting sick, spreading germs or being infected? According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, there isn’t evidence to show that over-the-counter (OTC) antibacterial soaps […]
FDA: Know When and How to Use Antibiotics, and When to Skip Them
Antibiotics are powerful medications that save countless lives every day. But they’re not the answer for every illness. Antibiotics treat only some infections caused by bacteria – and none caused by viruses. Most often, antibiotics work by killing the targeted bacteria or by making it difficult for the bacteria to multiply. Talk to your health […]