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Health Tip: Food Safety for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers

By HealthCast on August 27, 2018

Pregnant women and newborns are more vulnerable to foodborne illness than others, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says.

Here are the agency’s suggestions for pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid foodborne illness:

Clean hands and surfaces often.
Separate foods to avoid spreading contamination.
Cook foods to proper temperature. Use a meat thermometer when appropriate.
Chill foods promptly and properly.

Source: HealthDay

Are You Living with Psoriasis?

A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.

Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.

“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.

There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.

Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.

Health Tip: Food Safety for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers

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