FDA panel rejects non-hormonal menopause treatment
Posted: March 5, 2013
Pharmaceutical
An experimental non-hormonal treatment for menopause was rejected by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week because the group found risks associated with the drug were greater than any benefit it offered.
Failure of metal-on-metal hip implants causing pain for patients
Posted: February 9, 2013
Pharmaceutical
Scott Ebert, 48, was so happy to experience relief from pain after receiving a new artificial hip made by Stryker that he named his new puppy after the medical device company. But two months later, Ebert was singing a different
FDA warns doctors, patients about risks associated with metal-on-metal hip implants
Posted: January 19, 2013
Pharmaceutical
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released updated safety information to patients and health care providers about risks associated with metal-on-metal hip replacement systems and metal-on-metal hip resurfacing systems based on the agency’s current assessment of the implant and results
UK health regulator warns of problems with metal-on-metal hip implants
Posted: January 9, 2013
Pharmaceutical
The risk from metal-on-metal hip replacement systems is greater than previously thought, with even greater failure rates, U.K. health regulator the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) reported.
Drug companies enjoy profits from off-label sales of HGH
Posted: December 23, 2012
Pharmaceutical
It seems people will do anything to delay the effects of aging, including taking human growth hormones (HGH), which have never been proven to be effective in helping people stay young. HGH is approved by the Food and Drug Administration
Hundreds of Georgia elementary kids accidentally given two flu shots
Posted: December 11, 2012
Pharmaceutical
Nearly 400 Bibb County, Georgia, students were accidentally given two flu shots during a campaign to inoculate children against seasonal influenza. North Central Health officials were tipped off by a parent who said his child had received a flu shot
Fatal Bronx bus crash driver on trial for manslaughter
Posted: October 20, 2012
Personal Injury
The driver involved in a horrific 2011 bus crash on a Bronx, New York, highway that left 15 people dead and several others injured is on trial facing manslaughter charges.
Drug companies spend millions to promote testosterone gels
Posted: September 21, 2012
Pharmaceutical
Drug companies peddling testosterone replacement products have their eyes on older men. Advertisements promoting testosterone gels by firms such as Abbott and Eli Lilly have risen more than 170 percent in the past three years to more than $14 million
Patients with metal hips should be checked by doctor annually
Posted: September 10, 2012
Pharmaceutical
People who have received metal-on-metal hip replacement systems should be checked by a doctor every year for as long as they have the implant to ensure the implant isn’t failing or poisoning their blood, says the UK regulator of medical devices.
August marks second anniversary of DePuy metal-on-metal hip replacement recall
Posted: August 26, 2012
Pharmaceutical
August 26 marks the second anniversary of the worldwide recall of DePuy Orthopaedics ASR XL Acetabular Hip System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System, which set in motion monumental concern over the safety of hip implants made from all metal
