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Pfizer Birth Control Recall Could Result In Accidental Pregnancies

The reason a woman takes a birth control pill, is to prevent unwanted, or accidental pregnancies.  And, although the pills are not 100% effective, most women assume they will be protected from the life changing event.  But, a manufacturing mix-up is leaving women at an even greater risk of unwanted pregnancies. Apparently the mix up [...]

Women who take certain drugs for heartburn, acid reflux and peptic ulcers are raising their risk of hip fractures by as much as 50 percent, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The drugs, called proton pump inhibitors (PPI’s) are used by millions around the world who suffer from [...]

Doctors used to tell women with epilepsy not to have children, because the only available medications to treat the disorder also increased the risk of birth defects.  But according to a May 2011 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, newer antiepileptic medications used during the first trimester carry no such risks. However, [...]

Expectant mothers with HIV have some hope of preventing the transmission of the deadly virus to their unborn baby, with a special kind of drug called antiretrovirals.  But, unfortunately based on new research, these drugs may come with several possible birth defects. Everyday Health explained that Vassiliki Cartsos, associate professor and director of graduate orthodontics [...]

A new study has found that while Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug, works well when it comes to treating childhood bi-polar disorder, the drug’s metabolic side effects need to be taken seriously. Risperdal is a newer atypical antipsychotic drug. It is manufactured by Jannsen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson. Risperdal has been known to [...]

Lap-Band Surgery Centers In Hot Water With Death Toll Rising & Possible Fraudulent Activity

Just last week we reported that a group of Democratic lawmakers were calling on the Republicans who control the House Energy and Commerce Committee for a safety review concerning 2 controversial medical devices.  Now it just so happens that one of those devices, The Lap-Band, is again in the news, and the topic of this [...]

The drug & medical device giant Johnson & Johnson seems to be a name that is coming up a lot lately; from the controversial chemicals found in baby products to the major artificial hip recall surrounding DuPuy Orthopaedic’s, they continually seem to be on the radar. Now, in their just released last quarter financial statement [...]

Recently we reported about the now defunct French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) that manufactured defective silicone implants.  We told you about other countries around the world and how they each are responding to the anxieties over the defective products. Now, as of today, January 26, 2012, the former head of a French company at [...]

  For the second time, four Democratic lawmakers are seeking hearings into two controversial medical devices, the Lap-Band surgical weight loss device, made by Allergan Inc. and transvaginal meshes made by Johnson & Johnson. In a letter sent last week, the group, led by U.S. Representative Henry Waxman of California, asserts that both transvaginal mesh [...]

Johnson & Johnson in the hot seat again, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just issued a warning to Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics for marketing a number of unapproved medical device components. The drug and device giant’s subsidiary sold more than a dozen different orthopedic devices without ever having received required regulatory [...]