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They look like fun bandages or stickers – eye candy for little children. That’s why parents are being warned about how toxic fentanyl pain patches have been linked to accidental exposures resulting in several child fatalities. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require manufacturers of the fentanyl pain patches to make […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally seems to be taking something other than a head-in-the-sand approach to monitoring medical devices after they are approved and in use by patients. The U.S. does not monitor medical devices after they go through the FDA’s approval process. Since most medical devices are […]

University of California, Berkeley researchers have developed a tool to look into the world of bacteria that causes chronic infection in patients and the protective mechanism that makes some immune to antibiotic treatment. Biofilm forms as a reaction to the introduction of bacteria. Using super-resolution light microscopy, which has ten times […]

The search has been on for a new and improved drug treatment for type 2 diabetes that would leave the complications of Avandia in the past. That hasn’t happened. New Class of Diabetes Drugs, DPP-4 The latest findings concern a newer class of diabetes drugs called DPP-4 that lower blood […]

This may be the first fatality due to the ingestion of a concentrated laundry detergent pod. A seven-month-old from Kissimmee died after ingesting some of the detergent contained in the brightly-colored packet. The child and his mother were living in a battered woman’s shelter, according to the Orlando Sentinel, and […]

This is just the latest in a series of recalls for healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J). This week, the company recalled about 200,000 bottles of concentrated Motrin Infant drops Original Berry Flavor. The company’s McNeil unit made the decision after tiny particles of plastic were found in some bottles […]

It’s a novel idea that actually makes sense – the consumer group, Consumers Union, wants hip and knee implants to come with a warranty. In case a medical device fails the patient prematurely, the patient would not have to carry the burden of the costly revision surgery. This idea is […]

We know that children are not just small adults when it comes to prescriptions – yet many are prescribed the same powerful antipsychotic drugs as adults. According to a newly published report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry, children prescribed Seroquel, Risperdal, Zyprexa and Abilify were more […]

Mass tort litigation has been pending against the manufacturers of NuvaRing for many years now and is hopefully drawing to a close in the coming months.  The litigation is primarily based in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, where MDL No. 1964 has been pending since 2008.  The MDL is […]

Just when you thought the Vioxx defective drug chapter had ended comes word that Merck & Co. is on the hook for another $23 million to settle claims by patients. The settlement was announced in papers filed in Louisiana federal court. Plaintiffs claim they suffered an economic loss when Merck […]