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FDA Considering Banning Online Sales of e-Cigarettes 27 Aug 2013 | 06:58 am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a potential online sales ban of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). The agency has been in discussions with the e-cigarette industry, accor...
Study: Reducing Valproate Dose Could Help Minimize Some, Not All, Birth Defects 27 Aug 2013 | 06:26 am
Valproate-containing epilepsy drugs have long been linked to serious adverse health effects, including risks of babies being born with birth defects. Depakote is a valproate-containing medication. For...
Medtronic Bid to Dismiss InFuse Case Denied 27 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
Medtronic Inc.’s bid for preemption was just denied by a federal judge. The case involved the device maker’s highly controversial InFuse bone graft product. The Arizona judge rejected Medtronic’s argu...
Hundreds Of Lawsuits Filed Over GranuFlo 27 Aug 2013 | 02:29 am
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed over risks associated with inadequate warnings for GranuFlo and NaturaLyte. According to court documents, more than 300 lawsuits have been filed nationwide and mor...
Widely Used Supplements Fail to Relieve Women’s Joint Pain 27 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
While some studies have suggested that low vitamin D and calcium levels may cause joint pain and swelling in postmenopausal women, in a recent randomized clinical trial, researchers found that vitamin...
Judge Denies Merck’s Request to Force Fosamax Plaintiffs To Verify Injuries 24 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
This week, a New York federal judge denied a request to mandate hundreds of alleged Fosamax victims to substantiate their injuries. Fosamax is manufactured by Merck & Co. U.S. District Judge John Keen...
Biomet’s Preemption Bid Fails, Lawsuit Brought Over M2a Magnum to Proceed in Multidistrict Litigation 24 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
An Indiana federal judge just refused to dismiss a lawsuit that is part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL) brought against Biomet Inc. over its allegedly defective metal-on-metal hip implant devices;...
Fracking Waste from the Marcellus Shale Trips Radioactivity Alarms 24 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am
In 2012, some 1,000 trucks that were transporting tons of fracking waste from the Marcellus Shale tipped radioactivity alarms. About 15,769 tons of Marcellus Shale waste were stopped at a landfill in ...
Bisphosphonate Use Linked to Barrett’s Esophagus 24 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am
A study published last month in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggests that oral bisphosphonate use was associated with a 2.33 percent increased risk of Barretts’ esophagus, a condition tha...
Consumer Advocacy Group Calls for ‘Black Box’ Warning on Plavix 23 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
The advocacy group Public Citizen filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday calling on the agency to add a boxed warning to the blood thinner Plavix that would al...
