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Patients often times have questions related to alcohol, its effects on medications, diet, and their health, so what better time to dive into this topic and share what the science has to say.

Medicare has updated their membership cards with a new look, as well as security features.

Fitbit has announced its ability to track health data for females, including menstrual cycles.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has attributed 3 deaths to synthetic cannabinoids after individuals experienced severe bleeding.

A recent National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has identified health care industries and occupations as those with the highest prevalence of workers with asthma.

The CDC and the Illinois Department of Public Health issued warnings about synthetic cannabinoids, following multiple reports of serious adverse effects.

Hypertension and high cholesterol are more common among workers exposed to loud noises at work, according to a recent study

The number of nurse practitioners has more than doubled over the past decade, reinforcing that the NP workforce is growing at an accelerated rate, according to new data released by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Officials with the FDA have approved Guardian Connect, Medtronic's continuous glucose monitoring system that can alert patients of potential high or low glucose events up to 60 minutes in advance.

Google recently announced its new service, Google Cloud Healthcare API

HIV affects more than 1 million Americans, and while scientists have made progress in discovering effective new therapies, there is no known cure.

Emergency department (ED) visits in the United States for opioid overdoses are up, a sign that the epidemic is worsening, according to a recent CDC report.

Although obesity has been considered a risk factor for severe acute respiratory illness, including more severe cases of the flu, a recently-published study found that weight may not be associated with increased illness severity.

Officials with the FDA are urging consumer to be wary of unapproved products that claim to prevent, treat, or cure influenza.

ZTlido (lidocaine topical system) shows superior adhesion compared with other topical non-opioid pain patches.

The new NCCN Guidelines for Cancer in People Living With HIV includes general advice—while highlighting the importance of working in collaboration with an HIV specialist—as well as specific treatment recommendations for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), anal cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, and cervical cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved benzyhydrocondone and acetaminophen (Apadaz, KemPharm) for short-term acute pain management.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health acknowledged that nurse practitioners and physician assistants have growing roles and increasing prescribing authority in the nation.

Clarithromycin (Biaxin), an antibiotic commonly taken by patients with HIV, may increase the risk of heart problems and death among patients with cardiovascular disease.

Officials with the FDA have granted tentative approval to dolutegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide(DTG/FTC/TAF) tablets, 50-mg/200-mg/25-mg, under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program.

Officials with the CDC and the FDA are investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonellosis from a rare strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b, and have recommended that individuals do not consume kratom in any form, due to a risk of contamination.

Nurse practitioners’ and physician assistants’ impact on diabetes management is comparable to management by physicians, according to a newly published study.

Although it is already established that migraines are associated with increased risk of stroke and heart attacks, the associations with other cardiovascular diseases and risks are less well known.

Ultraviolet C light could be safely harnessed to kill influenza microbes.

A new tool that can measure cell strength 100 times faster than current methods may result in more optimal drug development for several diseases.

Prescribing antivirals to individuals who are at increased risk of HIV infection can prevent the spread of HIV.

Antibiotics may become ineffective in treating E coli if antibiotic resistance continues to increase among children.

Influenza activity is breaking recent records this season, and is not yet slowing down, according to the CDC.

The 2017/2018 influenza season is the worst in recent history.

The updated 2018 immunization schedule for children and teens has been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).