Implementing corrective actions at Goa unit; stopped Digene production at the facility: Abbott
The drug regulatory body also advised doctors and healthcare professionals to carefully prescribe and educate their patients to discontinue the medicine's use and for reporting of any adverse drug reactions arising due to consumption of the said product. Goa FDA officials had conducted multiple inspections of the plant after the drug maker announced the recall of the antacid produced at the site.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - September 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Ghana: Flokefama Refurbishes KBTH) Blood Bank to Enhance Quality Healthcare
[Ghanaian Times] The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH)'s Blood Bank has been refurbished to improve the quality of blood testing and storage, and to ensure safe and reliable blood transfusion for patients.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news

Liberia: Sara Beysolow Nyanti Urges Liberians to Take a Stand Against Drug
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Reverend Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the Standard Bearer of the African Liberation League and a presidential candidate in the upcoming October elections, has vehemently condemned the importation of illicit drugs into Liberia, particularly by government officials.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Liberia West Africa Source Type: news

Drug Trials Snapshot: LIVTENCITY
LIVTENCITY is a prescription medicine used to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease.
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - September 14, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Philips Sonicare Partners With Sydney Leroux To Motivate Listeners ' Wellness Routines Through Spotify
 The in-app experience provides personalized, motivational voiceovers from Leroux and other special guests to give an extra push when needed most.STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Philips Sonicare, the #1 dental professional-recommended sonic toothbrush brand worldwide, is on a mission to help people make the most of their routines. The oral healthcare brand is teaming up with powerhouses Spotify, one of the world ' s most popular audio streaming platforms, and professional soccer player and gold medalist Sydney Leroux to motivate listeners to make positive, healthy changes in their d...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 14, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Indian Firms Linked to Cough Syrup Deaths Had Received Warnings Indian Firms Linked to Cough Syrup Deaths Had Received Warnings
The deaths of 12 children in northern India between December 2019 and January 2020, police allege, were caused by adulterated cough syrup made by drugmaker Digital Vision.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

US Declares Public Health Emergency in Georgia After Hurricane US Declares Public Health Emergency in Georgia After Hurricane
The US Department of Health and Human Services has declared a public health emergency for the state of Georgia.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

South Africa: In-Depth - Why an Eastern Cape TB Hospital Closed and What Comes Next
[spotlight] In 2021, Orsmond TB Hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay closed its doors as a result of its dwindling patient numbers. The Eastern Cape Department of Health decided to repurpose it as a psychiatric facility, but it appears little progress has been made with this transition.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Tuberculosis Source Type: news

South Africa: Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water Found in Two SA Villages - Scientists Blame Government Mismanagement
[spotlight] A study published in April this year found that residents in two villages in Limpopo's Giyani local municipality have dangerous amounts of arsenic in their drinking water - a chemical, which at high levels, increases the risk of cancer and which may reduce cognitive function. Co-authored by scientists at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), the paper shows that a worrying number of the villagers had high levels of arsenic in their blood and that this was associated with arsenic
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Water and Sanitation Source Type: news

South Africa: A UN Meeting On TB Is At Best a Means to More Important Ends
[spotlight] In 2018 the first findings from a landmark tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The experimental vaccine, called M72, was found to be roughly 50% effective in preventing pulmonary TB disease. It was the most promising finding for a new TB vaccine since the development of the BCG vaccine a century ago.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news

South Africa: Hospital Histories - the Many Lives That Started At Mowbray Maternity
[spotlight] Weighing little more than three bricks of butter, baby Lunathi Sitembile is pressed against mum Yolanda's bare chest, a thin tube entering her nostril and another taped to her tiny clutched fist. Born premature at 31 weeks (between 37 and 42 weeks are 'full term') Lunathi initially struggled to breathe, but after a week inside an incubator with oxygen airflow administered through a nasal cannula, her little lungs have strengthened.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news

American Canadian School of Medicine Dominica (ACSOM) Hits another Milestone now listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools
American Canadian School of Medicine Dominica (ACSOM) Earns Prestigious Listing in the World Directory of Medical Schools PORTSMOUTH, Dominica, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- American Canadian School of Medicine Dominica (ACSOM), the first nonprofit medical school in the Caribbean,...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD Source Type: news

Ghana: Agenda 111 to Employ 20,000 Healthcare Professionals, Others - Dr Nsiah-Asare
[Ghanaian Times] The government's much touted priority health infrastructure project, Agenda 111 is poised to generate thousands of indirect jobs and employ a substantial healthcare workforce of 20,000 professionals.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Ghana Health and Medicine Labour West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: Are We Truly Adding Value to Our Foods?
[allAfrica] Earlier this year, a new US$20M potato chip production line opened in Ethiopia with an annual capacity of 25,000 tonnes -- 250 billion more chips coming to consumers every year. The processes that turn potatoes into a crunchy, salty, fatty snack food are commonly referred to as "value addition," and are practically a mantra for food system development. They are seen as improving taste and convenience for consumers and profits for producers. Yet too often, so-called
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Food and Agriculture Climate Environment Health and Medicine Nutrition Source Type: news

Opinion: The Californian promise of precision medicine is near, thanks to cheaper genome sequencing
Back in 2015, former President Barack Obama launched the Precision Medicine Initiative, which stood at a whopping $215 million, to great fanfare. Eight years since then, the U.S. health care system remains futile in its attempt to overturn the sluggish pace of widespread adoption of these technologies. Why is that? The answer is simple: it ’s the money. The money needed for understanding our genome and our cells at molecular level. The money to use new technologies to achieve precision health and…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. Radoje Drmanac Source Type: news

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