- Cal Warriner | April 11, 2012 4:14 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Most consumers of drugs and medical devices fill their prescriptions trusting that a virtual mass of protection is built in to the drug approval process. While everyone knows that no drug is...
- Brenda Fulmer | July 05, 2011 11:46 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
In late June of 2011, at the American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting in San Diego, a study was presented that concluded Actos (pioglitazone), manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co....
- Cal Warriner | June 21, 2011 9:24 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Food & Drug Administration announced that the diabetes medication, Actos (pioglitazone) may be associated with an increase in the risk of bladder cancer. Actos, a drug manufactured by Takeda...
- Chrissie Cole | December 23, 2010 11:29 AM | Jacksonville, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Abbott Laboratories and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall of 359 million blood-sugar testing strips because they may give false low readings.
The strips, used by people...
- Brenda Fulmer | February 05, 2010 4:15 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
February is always a hard month for my family. My beloved father, John Miller, died in his sleep on February 7, 2001, at the age of 55. He left behind a devastated family who are still grieving his...
- Armand Rossetti | November 12, 2008 9:49 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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Defective & Dangerous Products
According to Sharon Bourke, et al., authors of a paper entitled, “A Photo-Cross-linked Poly(vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogel Growth Factor Release Vehicle for Wound Healing Applications” that...
- Eddie Farah | October 30, 2008 11:15 PM | Jacksonville, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Type-2 diabetes drug Avandia once showed great promise in reducing blood glucose levels in patients. GlaxoSmithKline thought they had a winner on their hands. But then the reports of heart and liver...
- Armand Rossetti | September 17, 2008 4:29 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The Yin:
As the old saying goes, there are two sides to every story. Today, an article appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) raising new concerns about a unexpected...