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Are expired drugs safe?

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Getty Images/Jeffrey Coolidge Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Chances are your medicine cabinet contains some medications, including over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, prescriptions, and supplements, that have been out of date for at least a few months. Drug expiration dates appear on most drug labels, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and supplements. You might wonder how seriously they will take their expiration dates. Could you still use them or should they be trashed immediately? Since 1979, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required drug manufacturers to label their products…

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Evidence shows the immunotherapy drug Opdivo is safe and effective against Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Nivolumab outperformed the drug brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), extending progression-free survival by 94% to one year versus 86%. Photo by Erubiel Flores/Pixabay The widely used immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) is safer and more effective in treating adults and children with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma than the targeted therapy now used as standard of care, new clinical trial results show. Nivolumab outperformed the drug brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), extending progression-free survival by 94% to one year versus 86%. Advertising Nivolumab also produced significantly fewer side effects than brentuximab vedotin, which was the first new…

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We take turns sleeping so we can keep our child safe – BBC News

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By Lucy Adams BBC Scotland social affairs correspondent 1 hour ago Image caption, Kyle says he wants to talk because it’s been so hard to get help Kyle Solman’s parents sleep in shifts because they are afraid of what he might do if he is left alone. His mother Kirsty says the 11-year-old attempted to take his own life four times. Kyle has autism and has struggled with his mental health. Kirsty says kids like her son get lost in the system and calls for better mental health support. The…

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World Food Safety Day 2023: 7 essential practices for healthy and safe meals

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Food is one of our basic needs. It is the fuel that nourishes our bodies, providing the energy and nutrients needed for growth, vitality and general well-being. While good food can help us stay healthy, contaminated, expired, or improperly stored food can lead to various health risks. One in 10 people worldwide are affected by foodborne illness each year. World Food Safety Day is celebrated every year on June 7 to draw attention to food standards so that what we eat is safe and does not make us sick. (Read…

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