Kids at Risk for Soap'Pod' Poisoning
Detergent packaged in single-load ' pods ' are time-saving, but are also attractive to children who mistake the pods for treats, making this laundry aid a poisoning risk. (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - October 19, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts
Spirometry: There's an App for That, Too
A patient at the University of Pennsylvania Health System ' s Lung Center and a paramedic have developed a digital spirometry app to monitor pulmonary function from home on an iPhone. (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - September 28, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts
Device Stops Asthmatic Kids' Inhaler Woes
An investigational device could let kids with asthma take their daily controller medications while they sleep, avoiding difficulties many children have with inhalers and nebulizers. (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - September 25, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts
FDA OKs New Kids' Dose of Cancer Drug
WASHINGTON -- The FDA has approved a pediatric dosage of the cancer drug everolimus (Afinitor Disperz) for the treatment of a rare brain tumor. (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - August 30, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts
FDA OKs HIV'Quad' Pill
WASHINGTON -- The FDA has approved Stribild, the four-drug combination of elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, for once-daily treatment of HIV in adults who have never received HIV treatment. (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - August 28, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts
