Online marketplace and homestay networks are extremely popular right now, as they allow travelers to rent great residential places in which they can feel at home wherever they go. These residential properties have been known to be very reasonable pricewise when...
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Danger: Household Products That Should Never Be Mixed
Green is a word that is used daily in our current world. Companies are geniusly employing green methods to their marketing and practices, labeling their businesses or methods as green or green or ecofriendly. The word green has come to mean life, renewal, natural,...
Diabetes Drug Invokana and Amputation Risk
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...
There Could be Lead in Your Baby’s Food
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...
Mibelas Nationwide Birth Control Recall
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...
Fidget Spinner Choking Hazards
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...
25,000 Graco Convertible Child Car Seats Recalled
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...
Fiat Chrysler Pickup Recall
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...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pay Millions for Talc – Ovarian Cancer Verdicts
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...
Contaminated Devices by LivaNova (fka Sorin) Dangerous for Heart Surgery Patients
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...