[ Semaglutide, a diabetes and obesity treatment that has grown in popularity in recent years, can be associated with a lower risk of suicidal ideation compared to other medications, according to a recent analysis. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that semaglutide was associated with a 49 to 73 percent … Read more
[ Pet food company Blue Ridge Beef is recalling several lot numbers of its food for kittens and puppies, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), warning the products are contaminated with salmonella and listeria. The products on the recall list are Kitten Grind (UPC 8 54298 00101 6), Kitten Mix (UPC 8 54298 … Read more
[ The first-ever DNA test to help determine if someone has a greater risk of developing opioid use disorder was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week. The FDA approved the AutoGenomics AvertD test for use among adults who are considering treating acute pain with short-term prescription of opioid pain medicine, such as … Read more
[ Early next year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to issue a final rule prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes, as well as a separate rule prohibiting the sale of flavored cigars. In October, the FDA sent these two rules, which collectively could prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths, to the … Read more
[ House Republicans are threatening to subpoena the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the Energy and Commerce Committee ramps up its inquiry of the agency’s foreign drug inspection program. In a letter sent Thursday to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), along with leaders of the subcommittees … Read more
[ Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that he believes the Supreme Court should overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Ramaswamy said at a CNN town hall in Iowa on Wednesday that the case, which the court agreed earlier on Wednesday to hear, is about the authority that … Read more
[ These therapies are made by adding genetic material to patients’ T cells in the lab, making them produce proteins on their surface called chimeric antigen receptors, or CARs. These CARS detect and bind to specific proteins on the surface of cancer cells, turning patients’ own cells into cancer assassins. Scientists use harmless viruses to … Read more
