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09/29/2025

According to a new CDC report published in the “Annals of Internal Medicine”, which sheds light on the geometric progression of a dangerous type of drug-resistant bacteria called NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE).
In 2020, there were approximately 12,700 infections and 1,100 deaths in the U.S. due to CRE. There has been more than 460% in the United States between 2019 and 2023. These group of bacterial infections cause pneumonia, bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections, and wound infections which do not respond to treatment.
Again, clinical laboratories lack the necessary testing capacity, which makes detection even more difficult.
Therefore, to all intiators of care, we must ensure that we are prescribing the right antibiotics for the right causative organisms to significantly reduce antibiotics resistance. Gram positive antibiotics do not work on gram negative bacteria diseases.
For more information visit : https://www.hpnonline.com/infection-prevention/news/55318897/deadly-drug-resistant-bacteria-rates-surging-in-us-hospitals?o_eid=8026I0279256H0M&rdx.ident[pull]=omeda|8026I0279256H0M&utm_campaign=CPS250926074&utm_medium=email&utm_source=HPN+Daily+Newsletter

09/28/2025

There are also plenty of individual anecdotes suggesting that leucovorin works. But the medicine has only been tested as a treatment for autism in four small trials that used different doses and measured different outcomes. The evidence that it can improve symptoms of autism is “weak,” according to the Coalition of Autism Scientists. “A much higher standard of science would be needed to determine if leucovorin is an effective and safe treatment for autism,” the researchers said in a statement.
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The president also blamed the painkiller Tylenol for autism, but the evidence doesn’t stack up at all.

09/27/2025

Thanks to all my new followers on Prim ‘N’ Proper Consultant LLC.
I want this FB to be where you can be educated with evidence based health information, for we know that information is key to knowing which enables you and I make better decisions with our healthcare providers. It is liberating…

09/27/2025

Thanks for sharing World Health Organization. Talk to your healthcare providers before taking any medication or supplements when pregnant.

WHO emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy. WHO recommends that all women continue to follow advice of their doctors or health workers, who can help assess i...

09/26/2025

My kids, with my nieces and nephew can all cook, but ‘Chelle has got the Midas touch in everything she prepares for us to eat. You bet every quantity of ingredients are well measured and added at the right temperature giving the meal a unique taste. She is particular with the daily consumption of calories too

09/22/2025

On 09/19/ 2025, The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP) voted unanimously on to further limit access to [COVID-19] vaccines recommending that adults 65 and older can receive shots after discussing the potential benefits and risks with a health care provider. The panel also said that everyone between 6 months and 64 years old could get the vaccine after consultation with a provider.
These decisions are raising questions and eye brows because American public are confused if they can walk into their neighborhood pharmacies for routine vaccinations or whether in some states will require to get first doctor’s permission.
Apart from changes on Covid-19 vaccines there have been changes too on MMRV vaccines administered to toddlers under 4 years old. The recommendation is to separately administer MMR and then Varicella. Then Hep B for newborns? There were no changes due to doctors standing up for this defenseless population .
Below was my guide as of August 2022 with Covid-19 vaccinations 💉 Thanks ASHP Daily Briefing for the updates.

09/19/2025

Every child is unique and comes with their own blueprint of survival. As parents, we have a duty to help bring out the best in them. It never ends. TGIF

09/18/2025

I checked my blood pressure this morning with my blood pressure kits this morning, both of them came up with these numbers that look pretty much the same and with the new guidelines of American Heart Association, my blood pressure is within good range.
After checking up the FDA 501(K) data base for the safety and efficacy of my device, I could not find it. I only saw few devices after pre market evaluations by FDA made a decision to determine that the device is accurate in its measurements of the blood pressure.
Now there are many factors that affect our blood pressure, because after going through the stress of the day, and I rush into my doctors office, the numbers seem to be higher.
I have also looked through the FDA data base and noticed too that some doctors offices devices are not listed.
I might as well keep my blood pressure devices, and monitor my blood pressure with it instead of nothing, and continue with my life style modifications and changes.

09/17/2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued out a statement on 09/16/2005 of its concerns regarding some Over the Counter blood pressure machines. This is because FDA some of these devices do not have market authorizations meaning that these devices have not been found to be safe and effective. It is warning consumers, patients, caregivers, and health care providers of risks related to using unauthorized devices that claim to measure or estimate blood pressure. It is important to check if your blood pressure measuring kit has been evaluated on see if a blood pressure device has been evaluated and authorized by the FDA, search the FDA’s 510(k) database.
For more information visit: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-unauthorized-devices-measuring-blood-pressure-fda-safety-communication?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

09/16/2025

A recent cross sectional study by UK researchers who analysed the data of 222,007 Biobank of women participants aged 40-69 years without prior cardiovascular disease who reported their menopausal status were evaluated for an association between menopause and the 10-year risk for Atheroscleroticcardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
Out of these participants, 158,572 (71.4%) were postmenopausal and 63,435 (28.6%) were premenopausal.
The estimated 10-year risk for ASCVD (expressed in percentage) was assessed using a pooled cohort equation score, with a score ≥ 7.5% being classified as high risk and < 7.5% being classified as low risk.
The result showed that between the ages of 45-50 years postmenopausal women remained at higher risk than premenopausal women, with the risk being most pronounced as compared to women aged 60-65 years.
I am skeptical with this study because of the design which is more observational of the population that actually a well designed study that shows through correlation with a relationship between ASCVD and menopausal women.
Again, the study was more with middle aged UK women which is not a true diverse sample of the population for a generalization for menopausal populations of women.
With all that said, menopause should be considered as a risk factor for ASCVD therefore prevention and management of high cholesterol, blood pressure and sugar is imperative for the health and wellbeing of menopausal women.
Source: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/menopause-linked-higher-ascvd-risk-2025a1000m92?ecd=mkm_ret_250916_mscpmrk_obgyn_womens-health_etid7709521&uac=433231AV&impID=7709521

09/11/2025

If changing my lifestyle and finding my peace significantly contributed to improving my health outcomes then I am doing something right. I am not on any blood pressure medication, antidepressants, cholesterol, Thyroid except oral diabetic drug not GLP 1 oral drugs or injections.
My BMI should not be referenced to any other race and then see me as overweight because genetically as a black woman of African descent I have more fats around my necessary feminine areas.
I face daily stress just like most people in America 🇺🇸
If not worse, yet I thank God I am much in good health both body, mind and spirit to still keep working.

09/05/2025

I was prescribed Microgestin Fe 1.5/30 a 90 day supply to help manage symptoms of fibroids and guess what? I did not take one pill. Why? I know my body and the why of the fibroids.
Because most OB/GYN do not understand the etiology and management of this condition of most black women of African Ancestry, I will want to work in collaboration with healthcare providers from Africa who understand the reproductive care of women because my grandmother, my aunties, and my mother with their doctors knew how best to manage their bodies.
Many women are so scared to have babies because of fibroids and are advised to go get hysterectomy. Why?
If I had listened to my OB/ GYN I will not have my two children, although after having two babies, I went in for a myomectomy which is a surgical procedure to remove fibroids, non-cancerous growths in the uterus and was advised to have more babies which I was not ready for, because of genuine reasons known to me.
I know of Uterine Embolization (UME) for women who do not want hyresectomy. The fear is that the arteries that supply blood to the fibroids when blocked can cause the fibroids to shrink but again can cause the womb cells to die because it may loose blood supply. If the womb cells are dead, what happens it becomes infected and then you will have to surgically remove the womb.
Then some hormonal treatments like the Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists drugs like Lupron can temporarily shrink the fibroids, but will throw the woman into early menopause.
It is time to look for preventive oral, and non invasive ways of managing fibroids in 70-75% of black women especially in their reproductive years and the effects of hormonal therapies of birth control. Are there specific ones needed especially for black women who are blessed with high estrogen levels.
Again at what range do we want African women to be as compared to other races to prevent aggressive cancers on the organs of the reproductive system?
We can set up a randomized study, noting all the co factors and compare how many women of African Ancestry who had at least four kids with those who did not to breast cancer?.
This will give an insight to fibroids and malignant cancers of African women reproductive system.