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Johnson & Johnson issued a massive recall Friday of over-the-counter drugs including Tylenol, Motrin and St. Joseph’s aspirin because of a moldy smell that has made people sick.
It was the second such recall in less than a month because of the smell, which regulators said was first reported to McNeil in 2008. Federal regulators criticized [...]
The U.S. House approved $82.8 billion for federal nutrition programs ranging from food stamps to school lunch on Wednesday, including a plan to compensate poor families for lunches missed during flu epidemics.
The money is part of a $121 billion funding bill for the Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration for the fiscal year [...]
Nutrition advocacy group lists 10 items that have been responsible for thousands of illnesses.
Leafy greens — including lettuce and spinach — top the list of the 10 riskiest foods, according to a study from a nutrition advocacy group released Tuesday.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest listed the following foods, in descending order, as [...]
How much thought have you ever given to the salt you eat?
We all are well aware of the concerns of too much salt, and the negative effects on the blood pressure.
But, did you realize that salt is essential for good health, and that there are different kinds of salt? How many of you have ever [...]
Food and Drug Administration officials are investigating an Ormond Beach couple’s report of some foreign object — which they believe to be a mouse — found last week in a can of Diet Pepsi.
The Denegris of Ormond Beach said they have no plans to sue PepsiCo, but are curious to receive results of FDA laboratory [...]
A. The question as to which supplements you can trust is an excellent one. Unfortunately, there is not a simple answer. In the United States, the supplement industry is very loosely regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
That agency mainly acts to ensure that products are made according to good manufacturing practices, which include potency, [...]
A worrisome report was released today indicating that the swine flu virus can cause infection deep in the lungs, much like the flu virus responsible for the 1918 pandemic that killed at least 40 million people. This means it’s more likely than typical seasonal flu to cause stubborn cases of pneumonia, which is one of the leading [...]
Two changes to the way Planned Parenthood clinics perform medical abortion resulted in a 93 percent drop in the rate of serious infections, a new report says.
The changes involved administering the drug misoprostol to the area between the gum and the cheek (buccal administration), not the vagina, and introducing routine treatment with antibiotics.
“Planned Parenthood is [...]
Concerns about the possibility of fatal overdoses led U.S. health officials Tuesday to take several steps to limit the risk of using pain medications containing propoxyphene, including Darvon and Darvocet.
Manufacturers must strengthen the labels of propoxyphene-containing products by adding boxed warnings that emphasize the potential for overdose and developing medication guides to be given to [...]
A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds, or even thousands, of surgical patients to hepatitis C after taking their fentanyl injections and replacing them with used syringes filled with saline solution, authorities say.
A hospital worker has admitted to secretly injecting herself and using unclean syringes for patients.
Kristen Diane Parker, who worked at Rose Medical [...]
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Doug Fieger, leader of The Knack passed away last Sunday of cancer at the age of 57. Doug had battled cancer for several years and told the Detroit News in January that “I’ve had 10 great lives. And I expect to have some more. I don’t feel cheated in any way, shape or form.”
Doug [...]
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, who led the department for more than a decade, has been hospitalized with bladder cancer, sources said Tuesday.
Chief Charlie Beck informed the police commission during its Tuesday meeting that he had visited the former LAPD chief in the hospital over the weekend. Beck said Gates, 83, had [...]
With his eyes watering and his team standing by his side, Denver Nuggets coach George Karl announced Tuesday night that he is again battling cancer, and he will miss some games and practices during the next six weeks to undergo intense radiation treatment.
Karl has squamous cell carcinoma in his right tonsil that has metastasized to [...]
When doctors perform cancer surgery, they often remove so much tissue that it leaves serious indentations — altering a person’s appearance.
If you saw Hersel Mikelian’s face now, you’d never know he used to have a gaping hole on the right side of his face.
“I was very sad. I was very angry that the doctors previously [...]
Even though they receive equal treatment, black patients with liver cancer have lower survival rates than patients of other races, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from 20,920 patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry who were diagnosed with liver cancer between 1973 and 2004. The researchers [...]
People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.
Until now, there has been little proof that quitting smoking after developing lung cancer makes any difference to survival.
British researchers analyzed previous data from 10 studies examining how long smokers survived after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
People with [...]
Being diagnosed with Mesothelioma cancer is serious. As a life threatening disease, Mesothelioma cancer should be handled with care. Not only is it about the medical treatments you will undergo, but also the mental trauma. Hence, it is important to learn some important information about the disease and the ways to handle it.
What you [...]
Mesothelioma is technically considered a symptom, not an actual illness. Mesothelioma can eventually lead to mesothelioma cancer. This kind of cancer affects the lungs and breathing functions in the human body. In a few cases, it can also be found lining the abdominal cavity. Mesothelioma can also cause liver and intestinal cancers.
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The root [...]
Mesothelioma actually considered a symptom, not an actual disease. Mesothelioma can ultimately lead to mesothelioma cancer. This kind of cancer is affecting the lungs and breathing functions in the body. In a number of cases, it can also be found lining the intestinal cavity. Mesothelioma can also cause liver and intestinal cancers.
The real cause of [...]
A former paper mill worker and his wife have been awarded $10.2 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit in Washington over exposure to asbestos fibers from dryer fabrics during his nearly 40 year career.
A Seattle jury awarded the damages to Henry and Geraldine Barbin last month in a lawsuit filed against Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. and [...]
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