The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson in May, 2017 that they must put new warning labels on diabetes drug, Invokana (generic, canagliflozin), and its variations, Invokamet and Invokamet XR. The new warning is to alert the consumer to the clinical study findings that taking the diabetes drug can […]
A report recently conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund, a not for profit, nonpartisan advocacy group, shows that twenty percent of baby food samples taken in their studies were positive for lead that is higher than the incidence of lead being in regular food. A vegetable and beef baby food was found to be the highest in […]
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has voluntarily recalled some of its birth control pills, called Mibelas 24 Fe (Lot L600518, Expiration Date 05/18). A packaging error occurred, in at least one market reported complaint, in which the blister pack the pills are housed in was rotated 180 degrees so that the weekly tablet schedule was reversed and […]
2017 has netted a new, perhaps somewhat controversial, product fad in the fidget spinner. This toy was at first looked to by parents as a possible aid to kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism spectrum disorders. The popularity then spread like wildfire to the mainstream masses, perhaps looked to by harried parents to occupy their […]
The big news of the day for parents of infants and young children is that the popular brand, Graco Children’s Products, has had to recall 25,494 of its convertible child car seats. The Graco My Ride 65 model poses the risk of injury, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) advising that occupants of […]
The latest in automobile recalls just announced is out from Fiat Chrysler. The auto giant has put out the word it is recalling a million North American pickup trucks with a problem in the software that is keeping the side air bags and seat belts from deploying in rollover motor vehicle incidents. So far, Fiat Chrysler knows that one […]
This firm has given the information and updates on talcum powder and its realized link to deadly ovarian cancer in women. The latest news in the world of verdicts against talcum powder makers involves a verdict against Johnson & Johnson by a by a jury in the great state of Missouri to pay $110 million […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have put out warnings about contaminated devices used in open heart surgery made with LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH). The device is a the 3T heater-cooler devices that are used during open heart surgeries for keeping the blood […]
Erectile dysfunction drugs have become big sellers since the first one, Viagra, was approved in 1998. Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra are enormous money makers for the drug companies that manufacture them. What many people may not realize is that Dr. Howard Pomeranz, a neuroopthalmologist and associate professor at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine in New […]
Monsanto, the maker of Roundup Weed Killer is in a fight regarding its use of glyphosate in its products after the California EPA is pushing and moving forward to declare the ingredient a carcinogen. After 40 years of Monsanto marketing the product as being just as “safer than table salt” and stronger than the possibility […]