FDA recommends boxed warning for breast implants
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released draft guidance recommending a “boxed warning” on labeling materials for breast…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released draft guidance recommending a “boxed warning” on labeling materials for breast…
Continue ReadingPeople failing to wash their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat or other food, is behind the spread of…
Continue ReadingIt’s 3 a.m. and you’re wide awake for the second night in a row. You get up and stumble to the kitchen for some warm milk mom swears will…
Continue ReadingA Los Angeles County resident visited Disneyland last week while infectious with measles, health officials said late Tuesday, potentially exposing…
Continue ReadingAlways sanitary products will remove the Venus symbol, historically used to represent the female sex, from its products to be inclusive of…
Continue ReadingYou may want to take your blood pressure medicine at bedtime rather than when you get up in the morning, according to a study published Tuesday in…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The blue bucket trend started after a post on Facebook went viral. It was posted by a mother whose son has autism, encouraging…
Continue ReadingIn an unexpected reversal, pharmaceutical giant Biogen said it will pursue US Food and Drug Administration approval for aducanumab, an experimental…
Continue ReadingIn a letter, a lawmaker is urging the US Food and Drug Administration to issue its compliance policy that would clear the market of unauthorized…
Continue ReadingFor the first time, advertisements for one brand of snus can say that using the smokeless tobacco product “instead of cigarettes puts you at a…
Continue ReadingScientists have developed a new gene-editing technology that could potentially correct up to 89% of genetic defects, including those that cause…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Juno the elephant has successfully completed her fourth breast cancer treatment procedure. The El Paso Zoo said Monday that the…
Continue ReadingResearchers found evidence of what might cause acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, a rare polio-like illness that affects children. According to a…
Continue ReadingA Massachusetts judge ruled on Monday that the state’s four-month ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products can remain in effect…
Continue ReadingMoms-to-be who undergo physical or mental stress during their pregnancies are less likely to have a boy and may also have a higher risk of preterm…
Continue ReadingHours before the first federal trial in the opioid epidemic was set to begin, four pharmaceutical companies reached a settlement totaling $260…
Continue ReadingVaping helped 50,000 to 70,000 smokers in England quit smoking in 2017, new research estimates. But different policies and cultures around…
Continue ReadingUpset by reports that up to 95% of baby food contains one or more toxic heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury? Here’s the…
Continue ReadingM.J. Crumity was just an ordinary eighth-grade boy playing dodgeball in his gym class in Florida on October 1 when his pacemaker quit working. What…
Continue ReadingA North Carolina company has issued a recall on an undisclosed amount of chicken pie and meat loaf products because the labeling did not indicate…
Continue ReadingSix drug companies accused in thousands of lawsuits over their role in the nation’s opioid epidemic failed to reach a settlement with…
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson announced on Friday that it’s initiating a voluntary recall in the United States of its popular Johnson’s Baby…
Continue ReadingAnother person has died from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in North Carolina, bringing the death toll to four. None of the victims have…
Continue ReadingDrugmaker Sanofi is voluntarily recalling of the heartburn medication Zantac OTC. The recall impacts drugs sold in the United States and Canada.…
Continue ReadingSix-time NBA champion and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan unveiled the first of two medical clinics he has funded in the North Carolina city.…
Continue ReadingIt’s 6 a.m. on a Monday morning, and Bangkok is just starting to wake up. Street food vendors begin to serve breakfast as the streets, and…
Continue ReadingShould you eat before or after exercise in the morning? The debate has raged for years. The eat-first camp says food before exercise boosts blood…
Continue ReadingDoctors and patients should beware if they’re hoping to use steroid injections to relieve the pain associated with osteoarthritis. The shots…
Continue ReadingFive of the many companies accused in thousands of federal and state lawsuits over the nation’s opioid epidemic may settle for over $50…
Continue ReadingWomen who live in states with strict and punitive abortion laws account for the majority of requests made to a website that supplies abortion…
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