Aspirin may protect against staph blood infections

February 05, 2016 A new study in Critical Care Medicine finds that taking daily low-dose aspirin may offer protection against death from a Staphylococcus aureus blood infection. Swiss scientists followed 838 cases of S. aureus infection from 2001 through 2013, and...

Use of and barriers to access to opioid analgesics worldwide

February 05, 2016 A new analysis finds that use of opioid analgesics—which are critical for treating pain—increased significantly in North America, western and central Europe, and Oceania from 2001–13. The same was not true for Africa, Asia, Central America, South...

Synbiotics for prevention and treatment of atopic dermatitis

February 05, 2016 Synbiotics, a mixture of prebiotics and probiotics, have been used to prevent and treat atopic dermatitis (AD). Researchers evaluated the efficacy of synbiotics in AD treatment using a large database of studies, with the incidence of AD as an outcome...

FDA offers tips for traveling to the U.S. with medications

February 05, 2016 An FDA Consumer Update provides guidance for individuals who travel to the United States with medications. FDA’s Lindsay Wagner, PharmD, offers some tips for commonly asked questions. Individuals who travel to the United States with medications...