New initiatives by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aim to combat preventable death and disability caused by poor nutrition by making food nutrition labels easier to understand for consumers. A commentary describing recent and proposed upcoming changes to food labeling is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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American Society of Anesthesiologists Express Strong Support for Over-the-Counter Naloxone Use
In a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) expressed its strong support of naloxone nasal spray products for non-prescription use. Naloxone, a safe life-saving medication that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose and significantly reduces the incidence of opioid overdose deaths, should be available to all patients across the United States as a nonprescription treatment, according to the ASA.
What to Know About the Recently Approved Alzheimer’s Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted approval to Lecanemab, the first Alzheimer’s disease treatment to win approval since the largely failed rollout of Aduhelm two years ago.
The Truth About Monkeypox
Monkeypox cases are on the rise in the U.S., stoking fear and confusion about the way the virus is spread, who is at risk and where to seek treatment.