Monthly Archives: January 2012

“The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has acknowledged what it has emphatically denied so far: Not all instances of Toyota Unintended Acceleration are linked to sticky pedals, floor mats or driver error,” said Safety Research & Strategies Inc. (SRS) in ... Read More

Testing positive for anti-JC virus (JCV) antibodies has been identified as a risk factor for developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare but serious brain infection associated with use of Tysabri (natalizumab) for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected the experimental type 2 diabetes drug Dapagliflozin because it poses a risk for bladder and breast cancers. Drug makers Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca must provide more data on the drug’s risks and ... Read More

A group of parents have filed a lawsuit against the makers of Zoloft alleging the antidepressant caused their children severe birth defects. The lawsuit was filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Pfizer Inc. ... Read More

Using antidepressant known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, during pregnancy can increase the risk of various birth defects, whether the drugs are used early or late in pregnancy, according to two studies published in the past six months. ... Read More

A consumer watchdog group is calling for a revote by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel, after discovering that some members of the panel had ties to drug companies that made the pills under review. ... Read More

Falls are the No. 1 cause of accidental death in people age 65 years and older, and one common medication among elderly patients with dementia may be exacerbating the situation, suggests the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. ... Read More

A new study, published in the January 12 issue of the British Medical Journal, adds more evidence that antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, when used during pregnancy, can increase the chances that the newborn will have ... Read More

Top White House officials manipulated the scientific findings of independent experts to “seriously lowball the amount of oil leaking from the BP Deepwater Horizon,” according to a group of federal, state, and municipal employees. ... Read More

The family of a medical technician who was killed when the heart-transplant helicopter he was on crashed December 26 is suing the helicopter’s owners and operator saying they hope others may be spared having to experience such a “horrible, horrible” ... Read More