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Antacids that contain aspirin may cause stomach or intestinal bleeding in rare cases

Serious Bleeding Risks Linked to OTC Antacids Containing Aspirin

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Alka Seltzer, Bromo Seltzer among over-the-counter products vulnerable patients should avoid, FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants the food industry to voluntarily reduce the amount of sodium in processed and commercially prepared food.

FDA Urges Food Manufacturers to Reduce Sodium in Their Products

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Agency sets short- and long-term goals in effort to cut Americans' risk of hypertension, CVD, stroke
A BRCA gene database can help physicians better understand their patients' genetic risk for breast and ovarian cancer

Gene Database Offers Doctors Insights Into Breast, Ovarian CA

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Database includes more than 6,200 BRCA variants
A new communication toolkit created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help health care organizations and providers communicate with patients and families when harm occurs to patients.

AHRQ Communication Toolkit Can Help After Patient Harm Occurs

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Toolkit helps patients, families, clinicians, and administrators discuss what happened
The American Society for Clinical Oncology has developed guidelines for the management and palliative care of women with invasive cervical cancer. The clinical practice guideline was published online May 25 in the Journal of Global Oncology.

ASCO Develops Recommendations for Invasive Cervical Cancer Care

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Most effective evidence-based antitumor and palliative care interventions should be provided
Women planning to become pregnant should wait at least eight weeks before trying to conceive if they or their partner live in -- or are returning from -- areas where Zika virus infections are occurring

WHO Changes Advisory Regarding Sexual Transmission of Zika

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Women planning to conceive should now wait eight weeks if they or partner live in high Zika-risk areas
Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat primary biliary cholangitis in combination with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in adults with inadequate response to UDCA

FDA Approves Ocaliva for Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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For patients who have not responded to, or cannot tolerate, ursodeoxycholic acid
To optimize postpartum care

ACOG Provides Guidance on Optimizing Postpartum Care

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Patient and her ob-gyn should formulate a postpartum care plan during antenatal care
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever buprenorphine implant to treat opioid dependence

FDA Approves Probuphine Implant for Opioid Dependence

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New form of treatment designed to last six months
Some leading insect and infectious-disease experts think health officials in the United States are overreacting to the threat posed by the Zika virus this summer.

How Much of a Threat Will Zika Be to the United States?

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Experts say Gulf Coast states face risk, but most other states probably don't