MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'expiration'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:24 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734023&cid=t_142669_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fblog%2F420111 THe FDA has issued a consumer update about medicine expiration dates. The FDA says if your medicine has expired, it may not provide the treatment you need. An article on the Harvard Medical School's Family Health Guide website says the expiration dates on drugs are "very conservative." They also cite a study that tested 100 drugs and found 90% of them were "perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date." In this video (from the FDA) FDA pharmacist Ilisa Bernstein explains how expiration dates help determine if medicine is safe to use and will work as intended. She says if your medicine has expired don't use it. Take a look: Permalink | Facebook | Twitter | Recent Headlines | News Feeds (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com) HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734023 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4734023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065470&cid=t_142669_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2010%2F10%2F14%2Fwhy-do-products-like-sunscreen-have-an-expiration-date%2F Jill just wants to know…Why do some products have expiration dates on them? Specifically, does sunscreen lose its potency, and does that mean I should stop buying jumbo size if I can’t use it all up over a couple of years? The Right Brain’s real response: Jill, many people don’t realize this, but some products that you usually consider to be cosmetics are really classified as Over-The-Counter (or OTC) drugs . While that might sound scary, it just means that by definition these products (which include sunscreen, toothpaste, and dandruff shampoo) have an effect on the physiology of the body. Because of the way the laws are set up, OTC drugs MUST carry an expiration date. That date indicates that the product has been tested to show that the active drug ingredient is st... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065470 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:01:33 +0100 4065470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907604&cid=t_142669_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcan-the-expiration-date-of-harvested-organs-be-extended%2F2010.08.26 Currently, once a donated organ has been harvested it only has a few hours on ice before it “expires.” Lengthening this time period would be an incredible breakthrough that would allow patients in a wider area to potentially receive a transplant and also it would reduce some of the insanity surrounding the time pressures of organ transplantation. One proposed method of extending an organ’s shelf life is to alter the internal cell biology to allow cells to live longer at lower temperatures. The State University of New Jersey Rutgers-Camden just received a $385,419 grant from the NIH to study an enzyme system, AMP phosphatase, and how it can potentially create cold-tolerant Drosophila. The enzyme was originally identified in ice worms as the key enzyme that allows them to s... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907604 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:26 +0100 3907604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442200&cid=t_142669_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fyour-expiration-date-and-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F Is it ever too late? Well, sure, when you stop breathing, when your heart stops or when you are Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner just dropped an anvil on your head. In the meantime, you’re alive. As far I know, I’m still alive; the question is, do you and I have an expiration date? I do have to confess there are days when parts of my body feel like they have passed their expiration date. I don’t feel curdled, like past date milk, but I do look curdled. This whole aging thing can be so depressing. I don’t squeak when I walk but I do click and pop a bit at times. I haven’t found any stamps on my body anywhere that state my expiration date is up, unless it’s hidden in a wrinkle somewhere. As a nurse I find it intriguing in a macabre sort of way that newborn... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442200 Fri, 29 May 2009 20:47:59 +0100 2442200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398951&cid=t_142669_117_f&fid=34808&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebeautybrains.com%2F2009%2F05%2F10%2Fexpiration-dates-on-cosmetics%2F Stephanie says…In some products they have a picture of what looks like a cream jar with a number followed by a capital “M”. For example, in Revlon’s Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen (the one with the felt tip) the jar appears with “6M” inside the picture. What does this mean? The Right Brain responds: Steph, what you’re referring to is the symbol for “Period After Opening,” or PAO, which is a type of expiration date that is required on cosmetics sold in the European Union. We mentioned this on our post on 4 Ways To Tell If Your Cosmetic Has Expired but we’ll go into more detail here for those in the Beauty Brains community who may not be familiar with this symbol and what it means. Expiration dates and PAO The period after opening symbol ... thebeautybrains.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398951 Sun, 10 May 2009 06:01:15 +0100 2398951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=821977&cid=t_142669_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F25%2Ftackle-that-medicine-cabinet%2F Filed under: ProductsI have a bucket of drugs in one of my kitchen cabinets, stored way up high and out of the reach of two busy little boys. For a short time during my breast cancer treatment I reached for this container every day. Lately, though, I have little use for this medley of medication. There are some things I use -- like cough medicine made for little people and ibuprofen for the occasional headache -- but mostly, we are a drug-free household. So really, I don't need much of what I'm storing in that cabinet. Much of it is so old, in fact, it has probably expired.Every once in a while, we should all take a tour through our medicine cabinets and peek at the expiration dates on our prescriptions and over-the-counter bottles. If anything is expired, toss it! Expired medications do n... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=821977 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 821977