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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Merck agrees to pay $58 million settlement in multistate lawsuit.
Harrisburg, PA: (May-20-08) A lawsuit was brought against Merck & Co., alleging that the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. The suit, brought by AZ Attorney General Terry Goddard, stated that owing to aggressive marketing through direct-to-consumer television ads that began in 1999, hundreds of thousands of consumers... - Chinese White Rabbit Candies Contain Melamine - New Zealand Health Authorities Report
FDA Now Testing Chinese Milk-Based Candies White Rabbit Creamy Candies - one of China's most popular candies - may contain dangerous levels of melamine - according to New Zealand's Food Safety Authority. Their testing of the product revealed 180 parts per million in the candies, an amount that is 'unacceptably high.' Consequently, the FDA is testi... - Study: Fosamax Not Linked to Decreased Colon Cancer
Jun-18-12 Los Angeles, CA A new study suggests that despite previous evidence to the contrary, Fosamax and similar medications are not associated with a decreased risk of colon cancer. The study adds to the growing literature on Fosamax and other bisphosphonates, which suggests patients could be at risk of suffering Fosamax side effects such as Fosamax osteonecr... - Popular Anti-Arthritis Supplements Don't Protect Against Disease
Consumers May be Paying for Products That do not Work Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, 2 popular supplements widely believed to help prevent or slow arthritis progression, provide no apparent benefit in slowing down osteoporosis of the knee, according to results from a recent, long-term clinical study. In fact, the results even suggest that using th... - Will It Be Lights, Camera and DES Cancer Action?
Jun-17-12 Worcester, MA The lives of people living with Diethylstilbestrol effects can be fraught with frustration, confusion and regret. And anger, knowing that a drug your mother may have been prescribed decades earlier has come back to haunt you. Worse still, could Diethylstilbestrol (DES) cancer potentially come lurking in the lives of your own children?... - Warfarin Associated with Greater Bleeding in the Brain and Risk of Death
Results Found in Patients with INRs of 3 or More Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that some people who take warfarin (Coumadin), are at increased risk for heavier bleeding in the brain and death. The retrospective study, published in Neurology, September 30, also reports that the people who were taking warfarin had significant... - Possible Listeria Contamination Prompts NY Fish Inc Recall
Fish Product in Florida Store Contaminated Due to the possible presence of listeria monocytogenes, NY Fish Inc is recalling I ♥ NY Fish brand Imperial-European Style Smoked Salmon, vacuum packed, in 3 oz., 8 oz., 16 oz., and whole sides ("to be weighed at time of sale") sizes with lot numbers 513 1340, 514 1340, 515 1340, and 516 1340. The f... - Salmonella Found in Red Tomatoes, now Peppers
As of July-09-08, the salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 1,000 people, and health officials now suspect jalapeno peppers are the culprit. Originally suspect were certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes, but peppers and cilantro are now considered as suspect as well. Hundreds Sickened after eating Salmon... - As NuvaRing Migrates Globally, Concerns Over NuvaRing Blood Clots Escalate
Jun-16-12 Singapore Concern over NuvaRing blood clots , something which has been a worry in the US for some time, has the potential to soon become an equal concern in Singapore, now that NuvaRing is available in that country. And women seeking an alternative to an oral contraceptive must now begin to deal with the potential for NuvaRing side effects, according to... - Canada Declares BPA a Toxin
Oct-15-10 Ottawa, ON The Canadian government has officially declared the plastic-making compound known as BPA – or bisphenol-A to be toxic, making it the first country in the world to do so. The decision represents the final regulatory step by the government, following a rigourous four-year study which resulted in Health Canada banning BPA from polycarb... - FDA Says Possible Increased Risk of Fracture with Bisphosphonates
Oct-13-10 Washington, DC The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned patients and health care providers about the possible risk of atypical thigh bone (femoral) fracture in patients who take bisphosphonates, a class of drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. A labeling change and Medication Guide will reflect this risk. Bisphosphonates inhibit th... - FDA Prepares to Examine Hip Implant Failure
Jun-14-12 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to hear from experts concerning hip implant failure concerns later this month. The administration is convening an advisory panel to discuss issues surrounding the use of metal-on-metal hip replacements, which have been linked to a high rate of hip replacement failure. Hip implant fai... - Deaths Increase with Procrit in Stroke Study
Regulators Warned Preliminary results from a study of the effects of Epoetin alfa in patients with acute ischemic stroke have shown that patients treated within 6 hours after the onset of a stroke died more frequently than patients given placebo. Ortho Biotech became aware of preliminary data from an investigator-initiated experimental European st... - A Dubious Anniversary for Accutane
Oct-12-10 Toronto, ON The potential for Accutane inflammatory bowel disease from the use of Accutane has diminished somewhat since the manufacturer of Accutane, Roche, pulled the acne drug from the US market in June of last year. However, it is still available in generic form. And while Accutane IBD is one of the most oft-cited adverse reactions in recent years,... - Cases of Fosamax Jaw Bone Damage Continue To Rise
Oct-12-06 Ann Arbor, MI An article in the October 2006, "Current Opinions in Orthopaedics," by Dr Catherine Van Poznak, assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, reports that 10% of cancer patients taking Fosamax , or other drugs known as bisphosphonates , have developed osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). An April 4,... - Lead in Harry Potter Bookends Prompts Recall
About 36,000 Harry Potter Bookends, imported from Hong Kong by Giftco Inc, are being recalled because the paint on the bookends contains excessive amounts of lead. The poly-stone bookends are painted and shaped in the characters of the Harry Potter book series. Bookend characters include Harry Potter, Hedwig and Hermione, and Crookshank. The booken... - Study: Antioxidant Quercetin Aggravates Cancer in Lab Rats
Oct-10-10 Washington, DC Many new products like FRS Health Energy drinks tout the benefits of quercetin, but a new study shows that the antioxidant appeared to aggravate kidney cancer in lab rats with diabetes. The study, which appears in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry , also showed that ferulic acid, another antiox... - Lipitor Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women
Ads Fail to Report Lack of Efficacy in Women A new study that looked at the use of Pfizer's cholesterol lowering drug, Lipitor, suggests that there is no evidence of the drug reducing the risk for heart attacks in women. Furthermore, while the Lipitor FDA-approved label does state that there is a lack of evidence of benefit in women, the Lipitor a... - Cell Phone Use Can Increase Risk of Brain Cancer 5 Times in Children and Teenagers
Investigators Warn Parents To Take Precautions A Swedish study has found that children and teenagers who use cell phones are 5 times more likely to develop a type of cancer called acoustic neuromas. The researchers also found that people who did not use cell phones until they were in their 20s, were only twice as likely to develop acoustic neuro... - Debate Over Celexa SSRI Birth Defect Still at Play
Jun-10-12 Surrey, BC Given that Celexa is a member of the SSRI class of antidepressants (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors), any concern with regard to Celexa birth defect is driven from the wider fear that SSRI drugs pose a risk to the developing fetus of a pregnant woman. Doctors argue the risk is small. Study results are varied. Still, when the respecte...