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They are called 5-hour Energy and Red Bull, energy drinks are part of the growing multi-billion dollar industry that targets youngsters and teens and adults as a way to get through the day. Meanwhile, the industry that makes these caffeine heavy products goes largely unregulated as some reports of fatalities […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants a mail-in genetic testing company to stop marketing its $99 test because of fear the results may not be accurate. 23andMe Inc. is a Google-backed company that provides a genetic profile specifically about many inherited diseases. All the consumer has to do […]

It is no surprise that the government of the United Kingdom has taken a move to ban metal hips made by leading medical device manufacturers. The government funds surgeries at its National Health Service Hospitals (NHS) and was tired of the high failure rates and costs associated with early revision […]

Many food safety and health advocates say it’s about time, while others accuse the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of playing Big Brother. The announcement sparking a range of reactions is that the FDA has plans to phase out the use of trans fats in food. Trans fats are a […]

Children’s over-the-counter pain and cold medications had been responsible for thousands of emergency room visits from overdose every year before October 2007. That’s when the label was changed on cold meds for children and when manufacturers agreed they should not be used by anyone under the age of two. Following the […]

C.R. Bard, one of six makers of transvaginal mesh, wants to recoup the cost of preparing for a trial that was dropped by the plaintiff shortly before it was to begin. The Linda Rizzo product liability case was scheduled for October 8 as one of the bellwether cases against each […]

The drumbeat was pretty loud as the government headed toward a shutdown – repeal the 2.3 percent tax on medical devices that was going to partially fund the Affordable Care Act. The medical device lobby called the tax an unfair burden that would hurt the industry and its ability to […]

Almost everyone has heard advertisements for lawyers representing women damaged by transvaginal mesh. And the response has been overwhelming. There are almost 35,000 cases filed in one court alone, the federal court in Charleston, West Virginia. Thousands more are filed around the country naming primarily six manufacturers – Ethicon ( […]

Here’s one food safety campaign that is sure to get a lot of followers. Citizens for Health is asking for signatures to a petition, started by Center for Science in the Public Interest, to be presented to food and beverage companies. It asks them to stop using carmine, a red […]

It’s a popular sports pre-workout powder supplement that contains a methamphetamine-like compound, but don’t expect to see it on store shelves anymore. The manufacturer of Craze, bodybuilding.com, reports that sales have been suspended as has production. That move comes after an analysis from scientists in the U.S., the Anti-Doping Agency […]