Posts tagged diabetes

• FDA adds memory loss and diabetes risk warnings to statin cholesterol drugs labeling

  Paul Napoli | March 01, 2012 3:33 PM | 6 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Federal regulators are updating the safety labeling of cholesterol fighting statins, some of the most widely used medications in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

• Millions of Diabetes Glucose Test Strips Recalled

  Paul Napoli | December 26, 2010 9:34 PM | 6 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  December 26, 2010 Abbott Diabetes Care, a division of Abbott Laboratories, is voluntarily recalling 359 million test strips used by diabetics to monitor blood glucose levels. According to the U.S...

• France and Germany Pull Actos off the Market Due to Bladder Cancer Risk, FDA Still Reviewing

  Paul Napoli | June 10, 2011 11:41 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  June 10, 2011 Regulators in France and Germany yesterday pulled Actos (pioglitazone), the most widely used medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, off the market after a study sponsored by...

• This “Hot Dog Season,” will Consumers take Study Linking Heart Disease and Processed Meat to Heart?

  Paul Napoli | May 19, 2010 1:05 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A new study has found that eating processed meats such as hot dogs, sausage, bacon and deli meat may dramatically increase risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. Study researchers from the...

• J&J Recalling 384,000 Insulin Pump Cartridges that Could Fail to Deliver Correct Dosages

  Paul Napoli | March 08, 2011 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  March 8, 2011 Leaking Insulin Pump Cartridges are under recall because the leak may interfere with its performance and create potentially life-threatening conditions. Two reports of leaking...

• People Potentially Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis Due to Med Students’ Errors

  Paul Napoli | May 18, 2010 12:54 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Errors by medical students hosting a Diabetes Testing event at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque on April 24, 2010, may have exposed participants to certain diseases, including...

• FDA Restricts Avandia in U.S. while EMA Recommends Suspension of European Sales

  Paul Napoli | September 23, 2010 11:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  September 23, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the agency is significantly restricting the use of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) due to data that...

• FDA Reviewing Potential Risk of Bladder Cancer with Diabetes Drug Actos

  Paul Napoli | September 18, 2010 12:19 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  September 17, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the agency is reviewing data from an ongoing 10-year study to evaluate whether Actos (pioglitazone) is associated...