Monthly Archives: October 2023

FDA: Blood Pressure Medication Recall After Oxycodone Found

This isn’t quite like finding a single curly fry among your regular French fries. KVK-Tech, Inc. detected something that didn’t belong among the blood pressure medications that the company was packaging to be delivered around the country: a single 5 mg oxycodone HCl tablet. Yes, this rogue opioid tablet had somehow made its way into […]

Public health alert for half hams over Listeria monocytogenes concerns

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a weekend public health advisory over concerns that ready-to-eat (RTE) ham products produced by Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats, a Manteca, CA establishment, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  A recall was not requested because it is believed that the affected products are no longer in commerce. The RTE ham […]

A novel laboratory-based nomogram for assessing infection presence risk in acute-on-chronic liver failure patients

Abstract Accurate assessment of infection presence risk level, timely diagnosis, and effective control are critical for decreasing mortality of Acute‑on‑chronic liver failure (ACLF). We aimed to develop and validate a novel diagnostic model to accurately assess infection presence risk level in ACLF patients. 185 ACLF patients with/without infection were enrolled, and their demographic, physical findings, […]

‘Sitting for too long may cause diabetes, heart diseases’

Lately, for many people, work means long hours of sitting, with rare pauses for a walk. While many, especially adults who are used to this type of sedentary lifestyle might easily dismiss it as a norm, it is, however, raising concerns among health advocates and medical practitioners. According to them, prolonged sitting comes with several […]