Who or What is the FDA?
The FDA or Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Sciences, and is one of the federal executive departments of the United States. The [...]
HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device Recalled
HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Pumps by HeartWare Inc.: Class I Recall The Medtronic HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) helps deliver blood from the heart to the rest of the [...]
Taxotere – the cancer treatment that causes permanent hair loss
Every cancer patient these days expects some sort of side effect from the particularly harsh chemotherapy drugs on the market. It has become almost common place to expect that you might feel [...]
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Posted Xarelto – the blood thinner that makes you keep on bleeding.
Over 4.2 Million Americans use blood thinning medication, amounting to several billion dollars every year, with those numbers growing annually. The need for blood thinning medication ranges from [...]
Are sugar substitutes really the better option?
Aspartame, the active ingredient in almost all sugar substitutes, as well as the replacement ingredient for sugar in a lot of soda brands, has been described as “By far the most dangerous [...]
Hernia Mesh victims, it’s time to speak out.
The C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuit is against Atrium Medical Corporation for failure to warn about their defective hernia mesh. The individual hernia mesh lawsuits are not Atriums only problem, the [...]
Pfizer and National Cancer Institute become collaborators
Pfizer Inc. has announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Cancer Institute (NCI). As a part of the agreement, Pfizer will collaborate [...]
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Posted The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – 9 Drugs with terrifying side effects.
Drugs are good right? There to help us in our time of need. From headaches to back pain, pimples to birth control. We have come to trust and rely on our prescriptions, and in some cases you could [...]
Pharmaceutical Firm Valeant Accused of RICO
Michael Pearson, the former CEO of Valeant Pharmeceuticals International, Inc., may not be the only casualty in the recent investigations into the firm’s aggressive price increases on its [...]
Johnson & Johnson Faces Suits over Link between Talcum and Ovarian Cancer
Since the first scientific study linked talcum powder products with an increased risk for cancer in 1982, evidence has continued to emerge that talcum-based hygiene products are especially [...]
