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The Coca-Cola Co. is going to use a new sweetener that has zero calories in their products, NY Times reports. FDA has taken longer than expected to approve the new sweetener. The sweetener is made…
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Yesterday FDA sent out an alert about reports of acute phosphate nephropathy which is a type of acute kidney injury and its association with the use of oral sodium phosphate products for bowel…
FDA & Prescription Drugs
The FDA panel, with outside advisers, made their decision and decided that two of the four asthma drugs should not longer be used in the treatment of asthma as discussed in my previous post: FDA to…
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Today FDA is seeking the advice of a large panel of medical and scientific advisers concerning whether four medications used for asthma patients should remain on the market. NY times reports that…
FDA & Prescription Drugs
USA Today reports that researchers at Wake Forest University of Medicine reviewed 10 previous drug trials and found for every 20 women in their 70s with type 2 diabetes who took the brand name…
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On December 1, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems issued an urgent worldwide and nationwide recall of the company’s Tenderlow Pediatric Arterial Cannulaw. This recall included 21 lot codes….
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Yesterday FDA said it found a toxic chemical called melamine in U.S. manufactured infant formula. They discovered a trace of melamine in samples of infant formula which was also discovered in…
FDA & Prescription Drugs
FDA released an alert yesterday regarding investigation of new data about a potential risk of serious skin reaction from phenytoin therapy in Asian patients positive for a particular human leukocyte…
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There comes a time when many of us will need to evaluate the living needs of our parents. In some situations, our parents will need to be placed in a nursing home. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
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FDA released today that PANOS brands (of Saddle Brook, NJ) is recalling Vegan Rella Cheddar Block because it may contain an undeclared milk protein. This product is manufactured by Swan Gardens/Tree…
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This past August Congress passed a consumer safety bill that Liz Szabo from USA Today says is “a sweeping bill.” The bill bans phthalates (chemicals) in products for children under the…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is in China this week to open three offices as a plan to improve the safety of U.S. imports. Bloomberg reports that according to Michael Leavitt, U.S. Secretary…