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The Australian Health Care Dept Instructs Doctors To Prescribe Medicines By Their Chemical Name

February 5, 2021 by Sherry

The Australian Health Care Department has made a national legislation change in the health care system of the country, which is termed as active ingredient prescribing. Under the new ruling, doctors will not be allowed to prescribe medicines by their brand names anymore. Now, the prescription will list the name of the active ingredients of the drugs rather than the brand names. This legislation change has been long overdue for Australian Health Care. Experts have said that using the chemical name of the drug rather than the brand names will change the way in which people have been using the medications. It will lead to fewer medication errors by the patients and doctors. The active ingredient shows the main chemical composition of the medicine, which affects the body. Experts test the drugs to make sure that they contain the same active ingredient irrespective of their brands.

There is only one active ingredient name for each type of chemical composition though they can contain different strengths. Some types of drugs have many active ingredients such as Panadeine Forte, which have both paracetamol and codeine. Doctors have been prescribing a mixture of brands and active ingredient names until now. As per an Australian study, doctors have been using brand names for 80.5 percent of their prescriptions.

Experts have reported that up to 12 brands are available for most of the medicines. When combined with active ingredient names, it accounts for more than thousands of different brand names, which is quite hard for patients and pharmacists to remember. The main objective of the new rule is to simplify the language of the medications. Experts aim to accustom people to using one standard name for each medicine. It will help them to talk about medicines to their health care provider or family members. Experts have said that people make fewer errors by understanding the medications they use. It helps them to make more precise decisions about their medicines.

Health experts have said that the new rule is not going to load doctors with extra work. As per the new legislation, doctors can include the brand name in the prescription, if they feel it is crucial for patients. Apart from some exceptions, the active ingredient names need to be listed in the prescription. The names of active ingredients should be listed first in the prescription, said the experts. Some names of the active ingredient might be too long and more complex than certain brand names, in such a case, there might be a period of adjustment for consumers. However, in the long run, the new rule is going to be implemented across the country, which will change the terminology around the medications. It will make things easy and safe for patients and doctors.

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US Regulators Warn Seven Companies for Marketing Fake Coronavirus Preventive and Curing Drugs

March 16, 2020 by Sherry

American regulators have warned seven companies to stop claiming their products as effective means to treat coronavirus. Reportedly, those businesses are selling sprays, soaps, and other creations with fake assertions that they can cure COVID-19 or prevent people from capturing it. The officials have emailed the memo on Friday to the U.S.-, U.K.-, and Canada-based companies. Around all the aimed companies have had obeyed by Monday morning. The companies have removed all the information or referrals of the virus or products to treat it, from respective websites. The notices, sent collectively by the U.S. FTC and FDA, have warned the businesses about their products for curing coronavirus were fraudulent. Even more, the agencies warn those products are breaching federal law and pose a substantial risk to patient wellness. The list includes seven companies, Quinessence Aromatherapy Ltd.; Vivify Holistic Clinic; N-Energetics; Herbal Amy LLC; GuruNanda, LLC; and The Jim Bakker Show.

Well, The Jim Bakker Show is a company having a connection with Jim Bakker, a TV evangelist, who was charged on mail and wire fraud charges in the 1980s. Reportedly, Jim has spent around five years in federal jail. Joe Simons, FTC’s Chairman, said already there remains a higher level of anxiety over the probable spread of coronavirus. He also added they do not companies to prey on customers by promoting their products via fake treatment and prevention titles. As per the executive, these memos are just an initial step. Simons said they are set to take measures of constraint against businesses that continue to promote and market such scams. In the memo to the Jim Bakker Show, both federal agencies have suggested the company to stop selling Silver Sol Liquid and other products listed on the company’s website.

On the other hand, Herbal Amy, a seller of CBD products, had touted its products effective or safe to treat or prevent coronavirus illness. Thus, the FDA and FTC have had urged the company to eliminate those fake claims. Since then, the company has deleted some controversial product descriptions. Meanwhile, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said, the agency believes the sale and marketing of fraudulent coronavirus products could pose a threat to the health of people. He added they have a dynamic observation program that regularly monitors web sources for fraudulent health products. Stephen also noted that they understand the fear regarding the spread of new coronavirus strain. Thus they recommend people contact their healthcare providers and follow guidelines from federal agencies.

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FDA Implements Tobacco 21 Law, Makes It Illegal For Retailers To Sell These Products To Buyers Below This Age

December 31, 2019 by Samuel Leave a Comment

The United States Food and Drug Administration has announced that it would be now illegal for retailers to sell tobacco products to consumers younger than 21 years. The move comes even as the agency has six months to finalize the Tobacco 21 law. Retailers won’t be allowed to sell tobacco products to buyers under 21 years old. The age limit was earlier fixed as 18 years. The provision came after President Donald Trump signed legislation increasing the federal minimum age from 18 to 21. The legislation was signed on December 20 and also included USD 25 million for gun violence research and USD 1.4 billion for building a wall at the US-Mexico border.

Earlier, some news reports had claimed that the shift in the legal age was expected to be implemented in roughly nine months. But the agency has put a message on its website announcing the change. The legislation was signed on December 20, 2019. “With this, the federal minimum age of sale of tobacco or its products has been raised from 18 to 21 years,” the agency stated. The agency has said in the statement that it will provide additional details on the issue once they become available. Tobacco products include cigars, vaping cartridges, and e-cigarettes, etc.

It was introduced in May by Senate Majority Leader Senator Tim Kaine, Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, and D-Va. According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, nineteen states and the District of Columbia have already raised the minimum age limit. Also, more than 530 municipalities and counties of 31 states had given a green signal for similar measures. The National Association of Convenience Stores said that the law should contemplate providing clear direction to retailers. NACS said that retailers should be aware of what documents required to verify the age of any purchaser. South Dakota Retailers Association has also asked people to abide by FDA law, even though it has not been updated to align with federal law.

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Experts Said Higher Employment Means Will Mean More Cases Of Flu

December 20, 2019 by Sherry Leave a Comment

When a country is facing an employment crisis which the current government is trying best to eradicate, some health experts have correlated higher employment with flu. Rise of jobs by one percent has increased flu-related doctor visits by more than 16%. A recent study done by Ball State University has made some shocking revelations about the current rise of employment. It states that employers should consider the fact about the increase in employment since it can affect the productivity. Experts said these effects of rising flu-related cases are caused more in health and retail industries.

These are those businesses where employees have to make interpersonal contact with customers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) already said the following states are seeing the outrage of flu and related cases- Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. Even though this number is not exclusively, there are many areas where the current year’s flu season is making things worse for employees and employers. Health experts said that labor market activities like public transportation, carpools, working in offices, and other things that require employees to make contact with others spread flu very quickly.

Employers are warned to consider the fact of how many employees are taking sick leave since it affects their and co-worker’s productivity. Employers should consider giving unhealthy day levels to employees if they’re sick since their infection can affect other non-infected employees. Now information like this can be used by businesses in many ways to prevent significant drawbacks happening because of flu season. People usually don’t give that much importance to things like taking care of themselves, especially when they’re suffering from a cold or flu. If these reports came true, then it indicates that future problems like this could be severe.

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Low And Middle-Income Countries Are At Higher Risk of Obesity And Malnutrition

December 16, 2019 by Sherry Leave a Comment

A report has found out that one-third of the poorest nations are facing the wraths of extreme obesity and undernourishment. Experts have claimed that global access to ultra-processed food and lack of exercise are the prime reasons behind this condition. Asian and Sub Saharan African nations are majorly hit by this. As per the data, nearly 2.3 billion children and adults are dealing with obesity in the world. Also, approximately 150 billion children are malnourished across the globe. Several underdeveloped countries are dealing with both issues at once, which can be defined as a double burden of malnutrition. Statistics show that around 20 percent of people are overweight on the planet and 20 percent of women are skinny thin. Nearly 30 percent of children are underdeveloped in the world.

The study has pointed out that communities and families are at risk of both kinds of malnutrition. Individual people can also face the same at different times in their lives. According to the report, 45 nations out of 123 poor countries were affected by both kinds of burdens in 1990. In 2010, the number of countries affected by obesity and malnutrition increased to 48. The authors of the study have said that this is the time we need to bring some important changes in the modern food system. They have asserted that the governments and the United Nation should intervene to address the problem.

Researchers have cited many reasons behind the double problems affecting poor nations. They have said that there is a new trend in the way people eat drink and live. People have easy access to less nutritious food through rapidly increasing supermarkets. There is also a decrease in the physical activity of people, which has caused people to grow overweight. Eating ultra-processed food since childhood is causing malnourishment in children. The lead author of the report Dr. Francesco Branca has said that the food system is a common denominator for obesity and undernourishment, which is finding it hard to provide affordable healthy and safe diets to people. Branca has said the food system needs a complete overhaul from production, processing, trade distribution, to price and marketing.

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The Colorado School District closed 40 schools for the unprecedented Spread of infectious enteric worms

November 25, 2019 by Samuel Leave a Comment

A school district in Colorado recently said that a large-scale disease outbreak forced all of its schools to temporarily close. In a statement posted on its website on Wednesday morning, Mesa County Valley School District 51 – Colorado’s 14th District, with more than 22,000 students – announced that it will close more than 40 schools until after the Thanksgiving holiday, due to the high infectious gastrointestinal disease.

The statement said that the conclusion was activated after more than a dozen schools began reporting that the absence rate was above average, which is extraordinary because the region has never had to close all schools in the area because of the disease. D51 Care Coordinator Ms. Tayna Marvin said in a statement: “We are taking this particularly unusual action because the virus is extremely contagious and spreads rapidly in our schools.” “Also, it seems that there is a second type of related virus that is distressing students, some of whom have been sick in recent weeks. The mixture of these two viruses has caused an unprecedented spread of disease. The specific disease that makes students and faculty feel uncomfortable is not known. However, Mesa public health officials said in a statement issued to Twitter that it “acts much like a Norovirus. Norovirus is a gastrointestinal disease and is sometimes called “winter vomiting bed bug.” It usually causes nausea, stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, and is easy to spread. A common way to spread the virus is to get in close contact with the infected person. This is direct or indirect, such as shared bathrooms, dormitories or other public spaces.

More specifically, the virus is spread by feces and vomit. Mesa County public health officials said in a statement, there have been multiple vomiting incidents in public places in schools. Lee-Ann Jaykus, head of science at NoroCORE, a food safety program, told Fox News in the US: It takes only a few viral particles to make people sick.

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Patients Suffering from Sickle Cell Are Volunteering for Landmark Gene-Editing Study

October 24, 2019 by Samuel Leave a Comment

The doctors in the USA used CRISPR first time to treat the patient having a genetic disorder. CRISPR is a reliable gene-editing technique. For this first time study, Victoria Gray got ready as a volunteer. She went through sickle cell disease treatment by using the CRISPR technique in Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville. Through this way, Gray became the first patient as being involved in the study of this technique. It will take some months or a few years to confirm the positive test results, and for this period, Gray will be under observation. In her childhood only, she was diagnosed with sickle cell disease. The symptoms restricted her to play and enjoy like other children’s.

Sickle cell disease is a genetic defect, and around 100,000 individuals in the U.S. get affected by sickle cell disease. In sickle cell disease, the bone marrow produces defective protein. This protein makes sickle-shaped blood cells sticky and hard. This cell gets stuck in blood vessels, and they do not carry oxygen. This situation results in weakening and sometimes generates life-threatening complications. In this study, doctors used cells of the bone marrow of the patient. These cells are genetically modified with CRISPR to make them produce a necessary protein. This protein usually gets produced by babies and fetuses after their birth for a short period. The doctors have hope that this protein will cover up defective protein that results in sickle cell disease. Also, this will help the patient to live healthily and generally for the rest of life.

Some of the doctors and specialist says that this is a very new technology. Also, there are many unknown things about this test. When treated with a human being, there are some risks, and this test might make patient sicker. However, Gray said that she is aware of all these risk factors. She also added that she knew that this is the initial step, and other patients might see benefits after some months.

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Smart ways to drink for maintaining health

October 22, 2019 by Samuel Leave a Comment

We all drink without keeping track of how many pegs or glasses we are down, a dietician is suggesting healthiest ways to drink alcohol. Alcoholic beverages have surprisingly very high calories. One gram of alcohol is about 7 calories. The amount of calories in a standard drink is about 70 calories. Besides alcohol is linked to cardiovascular as well as digestive issues. It also increases risk of cancer. As we know it dehydrates the body temporarily which leads to headaches, and mood swings. Many people believe that drinking red wine is good for health but if consumed in extreme moderation. It is beneficial for gut bacteria as well. Vodka is considered least in the number of calories and rose wine is highest.

Dietician suggests few tips to limit the calorie intake and keep oneself healthy even after attending regular parties. Eating a healthy meal before going to a party so that when one drink, it is not instantly absorbed in the bloodstream as the digestion process is ongoing. Also have a meal an hour or two before the party and have it in moderate quantities because if one drinks while stomach full, chances are you may vomit and spoil the party. Often times, cheesy party foods such as salami, crackers, and pretzels are high in sodium which increases the thirst. These foods are usually offered complementary by bars so that alcohol consumption of the visitors goes up without their knowledge. Drinking water after every drink is also advisable as it naturally limits alcohol consumption and keeps you away from consuming energy dense drinks.

Trying booze-free options or switching to mocktails is also an option very few people opt for. Also, Kombucha or wine spritzers are great alternatives. Planning how much alcohol you want to gulp down before going to the party is a good strategy. You can have appropriate gaps between your drinks at the party if you choose to limit alcohol consumption.

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Sears shrinks its corporate workforce from its headquarters in Hoffman Estates

September 26, 2019 by Quintero Leave a Comment

Transform Holdco LLC, the parent company of Sears sent a letter to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity filed a notice on Aug. 29. after the retailer emerged from bankruptcy in February. In February, Eddie Lampert, former CEO of Sears hit a last-minute deal out of bankruptcy to buy the assets of Sears. The deal was made with a new entity, Transform Holdco LLC, also known as Transformco in order to keep open about 400 stores. According to the notice, Sears is going to lay off around 250 employees from its Hoffman Estates headquarters. Nonetheless, there are no plans to lock down the entire facility.

The company said it would implement permanent workforce reduction beginning Oct. 28, over a 14-day period. It also said that the employees affected will be on paid administrative leave before the employment termination date. Larry Costello, Sears spokesman, said that the affected employees were kept on paid leave last week. He also added that there are no additional action plans for October. The company said to the state in the letter that the employees who are terminated do not represent by any union.

Later, Sears continued to shrink its retail footprint by announcing last month to close five Kmart stores and 21 Sears from the end of October to mid-November. The two Sears stores in the western suburbs of Bloomingdale in the Chicago area and Merrillville, Indiana are scheduled to close in October. The closure of the Bloomingdale store will leave Sears with only five department stores in North Riverside, Chicago Ridge, West Dundee, Schaumburg, and Peoria, bearing the legacy of company name in Illinois. On Tuesday, the company confirmed that a Kmart will close by mid-December in southwest suburban Bridgeview. This will leave a Des Plaines store as the last Kmart in Illinois. The company said that a liquidation sale is expected to start in mid-September at the Bridgeview Kmart. Although the company’s employees are shrinking, the Sears headquarters will remain open at least for now in the northwest suburban Hoffman Estates.

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Puma debuts its first own smartwatch and costs around US$275

September 26, 2019 by Quintero Leave a Comment

Puma is one of the largest sportswear manufacturers in the world. The company is launching one of the first smartwatches at the IFA 2019 in this week. Puma sports have combined with the Fossil Group in the past 12 months to produce the wearable. And which is powered by the Wear Operating System and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform. The company smartwatch will contain a 1.19-inch round AMOLED display, kept inside a cut-out aluminum and nylon 44mm case. The company is naturally directing this smartwatch for sports fans. It will be lightweight and swim-proof at 0.06 pounds to some cutouts on the side of the device to lessen its weight.

Puma’s smartwatch will include 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage, which is the average on most Wear OS watches. It has the newest Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform. Puma brand promises around 24 hours of battery life. However, it will probably contain the same difficult battery options as the Fossil Carlyle to develop the maximum battery life. Puma’s wearable powered by Wear operating system, and it will develop all the typical features such as heart rate monitoring, NFC payments, Google Assistant integration, fitness tracking, and many more. The company is also supporting 16mm straps through a single point band buckle.

The company has been trying with tech products in recent years. Later the company launched its first wirelessly associated self-lacing sneakers in 2016. Puma even rereleased its classic 1986 RS-Computer running shoe last year, and complete with a USB port for charging and Bluetooth to connect the shoe to your phone. Earlier this year, the company called on tech-savvy people to test its modern self-lacing shoes. The company is now forecasting to launch this new smartwatch in November. That will be available in neon, black, and white, color for $275.

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