It’s October and in a couple of weeks Halloween will arrive with all the precious trick or treaters out there celebrating what has become a rite of passage growing up in the United States of America. Parents can do some things to assure their children’s’ safety, such...
Natural and herbal supplement products are big business, with over 150 million Americans taking dietary supplements each year in a $14.8 billion dollar industry. This industry is not subject to much regulation and usually has no requirements for Food and Drug...
Unless you are living under a rock, you have likely heard about ex-pro basketball player and reality celebrity, Lamar Odom, overdosing recently, and reports he was possibly overusing herbal Viagra. It has been reported Mr. Odom was known to take eight to ten herbal...
It’s harvest time in America and when traveling the highways and byways of rural areas the average driver is more than likely to see a combine or some other form of farm equipment sharing the highway at slow speeds. Drivers need to be on alert and ready to come upon...
Zimmer, Inc. is a company that manufactures the Zimmer Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate Knee Implant for use in knee replacements. The company has a negative history, first having done a voluntary recall of these knee replacement parts, as well as a...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put out warnings to consumers regarding several Type 2 Diabetes prescription drugs currently on the market, as they could cause problems with ketoacidosis, a condition in which the patient has high levels of the acid,...
Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not done it yet, many women are begging the agency to withdraw Bayer’s Essure, a permanent birth control device. Thousands of women thus far have complained that it has caused life-changing adverse side...
Has your teen been prescribed the drug, Paxil, to combat depression? If so, you may want to read on, as a study has been reanalyzed with important information. It is a fact that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and others have warned about the dangers...
In addition to loving caffeine and its energy boosting properties, Americans have become more and more dependent upon it to help them in their ever increasingly demanding days. People are overdoing things and turning to higher and higher concentrations of caffeine in...
The fervor over the drug Zofran being linked to birth defects has not died down as its maker, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), likely hoped. The anti-nausea drug was promoted amongst the medical community as a great drug for use after anesthesia or chemotherapy treatment for...