Like any technological device, hearing aids run on batteries. Traditionally, most hearing aids used tiny “button” batteries that wearers had to change every few days to weeks. Now, though, many hearing aid models come with rechargeable batteries. When choosing a hearing aid, it’s a good idea to think through which battery type works best for […]
A glucose meter, also referred to as a “glucometer”, is a medical device for determining the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. It can also be a strip of glucose paper dipped into a substance and measured to the glucose chart. It is a key element of home blood glucose monitoring (HBGM) by people […]
Emgality is a brand-name prescription medication that’s used in adults to: Prevent chronic and episodic migraines. According to the International Headache Society, people with chronic migraines have 15 or more migraine days per month. People with episodic migraines have fewer than 15 migraine days per month. Treat episodic cluster headaches. According to the International Headache Society, […]
Pine-Sol is an all purpose cleaner and multi-surface cleaning product that can clean and disinfect your home, floors, kitchen, and more. Although the original Pine-Sol formulation was pine oil-based, today the cleaners sold under the Pine-Sol brand contain no pine oil. Last year, Pine-Sol Original was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) growing […]
Roundup is a brand-name herbicide that contains the active ingredient glyphosate. Monsanto, an American agricultural chemical company, first sold the herbicide commercially in 1974. It produced a wide range of weed killers and other products under the Roundup brand. German drug and chemical giant Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018 and began phasing out the Monsanto […]
Humira is the brand name of the original adalimumab medicine. There are now 4 new versions of adalimumab. Brand names include Amgevita, Imraldi, Hyrimoz and Hulio. More brands became available at the end of 2019. These new medicines are biosimilars. A biosimilar is a similar version of an original biological medicine. Adalimumab biosimilars are […]
Humira (adalimumab) is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker that reduces the effects of a substance in the body that can cause inflammation. FDA Approved Humira is used to treat many inflammatory conditions in adults, such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, plaque psoriasis, and a skin condition called hidradenitis suppurativa. Humira […]
Trastuzumab, sold under the brand name Herceptin among others, is a monoclonal antibody used to treat breast cancer and stomach cancer. It is specifically used for cancer that is HER2 receptor positive. It may be used by itself or together with other chemotherapy medication Herceptin works by attaching itself to the HER2 receptors on the […]
Bevacizumab, sold under the brand name Avastin, is a medication used to treat a number of types of cancers and a specific eye disease. For cancer it is given by slow injection into a vein and used for colon cancer, lung cancer, glioblastoma, and renal-cell carcinoma. Bevacizumab can cause a rare but serious neurologic disorder […]
Nivolumab, sold under the brand name Opdivo, is a medication used to treat a number of types of cancer. This includes. This medication is used ; For the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma and disease progression in combination with ipilimumab and, if BRAF V600 mutation positive, a BRAF inhibitor. For the […]
