The nation’s top-selling e-cigarette company, JUUL, originally launched in 2015, has been flooding the U.S. market with its unique vapes that closely resemble USBs. Just four years later, hundreds of cases of potentially vaping-related lung disease are being investigated and eight confirmed deaths linked to…
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For the second time in a little more than a month, the FDA warned of accuracy errors associated with stereotaxic navigation systems—a computer system that “guides” surgeons within the body in real-time by using 3D-like imaging—most often employed during brain or spinal surgery. The…
A recent trip to the emergency room for Maryland resident Stuart Anders created a situation that might soon become more common—the recovering addict pleaded with E.R. doctors to NOT be given opioid painkillers even though his leg had been literally shattered in a car accident.…
The Washington Post reports about the Kellogg Cereal recall this morning. As you may know, Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks, the company...
A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas has ordered drugmaker Wyeth to turn over thousands of pages indicating that it paid ghostwriters to author and place studies about one of its profitable...
According to the FDA a drug used to treat epilepsy, Zonegran, can cause serious heart problems: Federal health officials warned doctors Monday that a drug used in epilepsy patients can cause...
The Supreme Court issued a surprise ruling on Monday in Altria Group v. Good, refusing to exempt the cigarette maker from a state lawsuit on the grounds of pre-emption. Justice John Paul Stevens,...
