British study links the epilepsy drug Valproate (Depakote) with autism and other developmental problems.
St. Jude Medical Inc. said it received a FDA warning about manufacturing and quality-control problems at its Sylmar, California, plant.
Babies born addicted to prescription painkillers and psychiatric drugs is growing at an alarming rate, and the babies are suffering due to neonatal drug withdrawal.
Hospira has sent out 11 device notifications so far in 2013, including recall and device corrections. The company also said it sent notices to customers about some of its infusion pumps that had to either be recalled, fixed or adjusted.
The Office of the Inspector General has released a report calling into question the effectiveness of the FDA’s strategy for managing drug risks.
Doctors traditionally believed the larger the size of the implant, the more protective it was against failure, according to Sedrakyan. However, he said his study found regardless of size, women had a higher rate of revision occurrence, so some other factor besides the actual implants may be leading to this effect.
Travelling or working on an underground railway for sustained period of time could have health implications due to concentrations of metal-rich microscopic dust particles.
Subjects who took Avodart were more likely to be diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer compared to those who took the placebo.