Yearly Archives: 2010

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Gardasil vaccine for the prevention of anal cancer. Previously, the drug was approved only for use in girls and young women, for the prevention of cervical cancer. ... Read More

Bayer HealthCare has launched another birth control pill packed with the hormone ethinyl estradiol, the diuretic drospirenone, and the B vitamin folic acid. The new oral contraceptive, called SAFYRAL, follows by three months the introduction of Beyaz, a near-identical pill ... Read More

Once again, Toyota is pushing the limits and surpassing other car manufacturers, but not in a good way. The company has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million in civil penalties after two separate investigations into its handling of auto ... Read More

An estimated 93 million people worldwide have artificial hips manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, and an alarming number of them may not know that their hip implant has been recalled due to defects that have left patients with intense pain and ... Read More

Thanks to trial lawyers who fight against unsafe products and call for stronger roofs to protect drivers and their passengers, more cars than ever have been recognized by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety as being  the safest cars on ... Read More

A company that makes more than four billion over-the-counter chewable medicines and candies, including antacids and calcium supplements, has been revealed to be the third-party producer of the Rolaids soft chews that were recalled earlier this month because the products may ... Read More

Glucose test strips under various brand names made by Abbott Diabetes Care are being recalled because the products are likely to report false low blood glucose results which pose serious health risks to consumers. The recall is ranked as a Class 1, the most serious type of recall the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can give and is reserved for situations in which there is a potential for serious injury or death. ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled to remove the breast cancer indication for Avastin (bevacizumab) because the drug has not proved safe and effective in studies among patients with breast cancer. The drug itself is not being removed ... Read More

Florida residents have photographed nearly every mile of the state’s 825 miles of beaches, part of a campaign launched by Florida’s tourism officials to show the world that its beaches are as clean and beautiful as they were before BP’s ... Read More

Hundreds of millions of people have taken the prescription painkillers Darvocet (propoxyphene / acetaminophen) and Darvon (propoxyphene only) since 1957, when the federal government first approved it for use to fight cases of mild to moderate pain. In fact, approximately ... Read More