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Study Addresses Nasal Rinsing and Nonkeratitis Acanthamoeba Infection
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 – In a report published in the April issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the details of 10 cases of nonkeratitis Acanthamoeba infection are described from 1994 to 2022, all...
Using Tap Water for Your Nasal Rinse? Beware Amoeba Dangers
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 – Folks with sinus issues often turn to neti pots or "nasal rinsing" to help clear their clogged passages. Unfortunately, too many don't follow standard advice to avoid...
Phenylephrine Sales Sizeable and Steady Despite Efficacy Concerns
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – Despite concerns about clinical efficacy, phenylephrine was the most common oral decongestant sold in the United States from 2012 to 2021, according to a research letter...
How Would an FDA Ban on Popular Cold Meds Affect Americans?
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 – America’s most popular cold medications contain a nasal decongestant that doesn’t work, creating a knotty dilemma for regulators, a new study reports. Cold remedies containing ...
CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 – CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant does not work....
CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 – CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant doesn’t work. O...
Fluticasone Furoate Does Not Cut Time to COVID-19 Symptom Resolution
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – For outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, inhaled fluticasone furoate does not shorten time to symptom resolution, according to a study published in the Sept. 21...
OTC Decongestant Phenyephrine, Is Useless
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Panel Says Common OTC Decongestant, Phenylephrine, Is Useless
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug...
Millions Still Haven't Recovered Full Sense of Smell After COVID
TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 – COVID caused more than 20 million Americans to lose their ability to smell and taste, and at least 25% haven't regained those vital senses, a new study says. Survey...
COVID-19-Associated Smell, Taste Disturbance Is Declining
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 – During recent omicron waves, there was a decrease in the rate of COVID-19-associated smell or taste disturbance, according to a study published online May 26 in...
Your Risk of COVID-Linked Smell Loss Is Much Lower Now: Study
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 – One of the signature symptoms of COVID-19 infection in the early months of the pandemic was a loss of the sense of smell. Now, new research finds that is no longer the...
You May Have Neanderthals to Thank for Your Nose
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 – The influence of Neanderthals is evident right in the center of the faces of modern humans. New research finds that genetic material inherited from Neanderthals affects nose...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Product Quest Manufacturing LLC Recalls All Nasal Products and Baby Oral Gels Manufactured at Florida Facility Due to Possible Microbial Contamination
Product Quest Manufacturing (“Product Quest”) announced its voluntary recall of Lot# 173089J of CVS Health 12 Hour Sinus Relief Nasal Mist due to a finding of microbial contamination identified as Pse...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Over-The-Counter Eye Drops and Nasal Sprays: Drug Safety Communication - Serious Adverse Events From Accidental Ingestion by Children
ISSUE: FDA is warning healthcare professionals and the public that accidental ingestion by children of over-the-counter eye drops used to relieve redness and nasal decongestant sprays can result in ...
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