Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Changing Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s

by Alice Park By Alice Park June 7, 2024 6:00 AM EDT Lately, the biggest news in Alzheimer’s has been around a new drug treatment that can slow cognitive decline by nearly 30% among people in the early stages of the disease. In coming months, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a decision aboutContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: Changing Your Diet and Lifestyle May Slow Down Alzheimer’s”

Opioid Crisis: FDA takes steps to authorize some overdose-reversing medicines for over-the-counter sale

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a notice that could help increase access to overdose-reversing naloxone drug products without the need for a prescription, paving the way to make more of them available for over-the-counter use.  Naloxone is a medication that blocks opiate receptors in the nervous system and rapidly reverses opioid overdosesContinue reading “Opioid Crisis: FDA takes steps to authorize some overdose-reversing medicines for over-the-counter sale”