The authors of the 2003 Million Women Study were wrong to conclude their investigation proved that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) caused cancer, according to a series of articles published this week in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health. The study, long used to establish causal links between HRT and breast cancer is severely …
Last week we reported that there was something fishy going on with the safety panel that was convened in order to review the very controversial drugs, Yaz and Yasmin. Apparently there were several reviewers that had ties to the drug maker. The FDA, however, did not disclose the connections to the public, and the panel’s …
Seattle Genetics Inc. said Friday that its cancer drug Adcetris will carry a warning about a deadly type of brain infection that can occur in patients. The company said Adcetris will carry a “black box” or boxed warning, the most serious type of warning label. The label will say that patients who take Adcetris can …
In the past we have written several articles explaining the potential risks a mother takes when taking anti-depressant drugs while pregnant. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, better known as SSRI’s, have already been linked to septal heart defects, and amphibole. And, now, yet another study confirms another possible birth defect– dangerously high blood pressure in the …
For one drug maker this year is not shaping up to be good so far. Unfortunately according to news reports, Novartis is planning to cut jobs in anticipation of lower sales of 2 of their hypertension drugs. In all the Basel-based pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said they are cutting 1,960 jobs. The Swiss company said …
Pradaxa, the first drug to gain approval as part of a new generation of blood thinners to lower stroke risk, was associated with an increased risk of heart attack in a new study published last Monday. According to WebMD, Patients taking the new anti-clotting drug Pradaxa have a 33% higher risk of heart attack or …
According to research reported back in October, the daughters of women given diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen that was prescribed to millions of women in the United States, Europe and other countries to prevent miscarriages and birth defects, were showing high rates of breast cancer and infertility problems. And, now in a first of it’s kind …
I think the scariest thing about all the medications and vaccinations that we are placing in our bodies today, is the fact that there may arise some complications down the road once new technology and studies are done, that may show that this drug is linked with this problem, or this vaccine can potentially cause that …
According to various media reports, Respironics Inc.’s recall of a portable ventilator model, Respironics Trilogy 100, is nearly complete, the manufacturer said Thursday, January 12, 2012. The recall was initiated in October 2011 after internal reviews discovered a problem with the blower. Respironics notified its United States distributors, providers, sales personnel and customers of the recall …
I really couldn’t imagine having breast implants and then getting notified after awhile that I needed to have them removed! Talk about craziness! But this is exactly what is happening to several thousand women across the world who supposedly received defective breast implants. The implants, made by a French company, Poly Implants Prothèses was closed …