Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study investigating the outcomes of LASIK and PRK in women who underwent refractive surgery while unaware of ...

The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease (AD), which involves parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. Millions of Americans suffer from AD. The disease usually ...

Anyone with a history of immediate allergic reaction of any severity to any component of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines or to polysorbate should not be vaccinated, the CDC said in updated interim guidance.

PHILADELPHIA -- Current anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is not necessarily a contraindication for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to a stroke patient in the emergency department, a ...

FERAHEME (Ferumoxytol) 30mg/mL injection by AMAG Pharmaceuticals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has strengthened an existing warning regarding serious and potentially fatal allergic reactions ...

Many patients with atrial fibrillation are not taking oral anticoagulation because of an elevated bleeding risk, and this subset faces substantial risks of both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, a new ...

Shellfish allergy is sometimes wrongly considered a contraindication to Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA). We report a case of a patient with shellfish allergy in which this misconception led to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . None of us likes to have to tell a patient, “You are not a good candidate for LASIK.” When you do find yourself ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to update the labeling on all statins to remove the drugs' blanket contraindication in all pregnant patients, the agency has announced. The change should ...

In medicine, the term 'contra' means against and the term 'indication' is used for a valid reason for taking a particular test, medicine or procedure. So, contraindication basically means against a ...

Safety and efficacy of docetaxel combined with cisplatin as induction chemotherapy followed by cisplatin concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus gemcitabine as adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced ...

Pradaxa label updated with contraindication The anticoagulant dabigatran etexilate mesylate should not be used in patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves, the FDA warns. HealthDay News – The ...