Several companies have recently issued recalls for contaminated eye drops. These eye drops can present severe risks—including the risk of total vision loss due to infections—so it is important to know if your eye drops have been recalled. So, how can you check? Check the FDA’s Recall Database The easiest […]
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Several companies have recently recalled eye drops due to contamination. However, the risk of contamination is not new, and scientific studies have identified several types of contaminants commonly found in eye drops over the past several years. Eye drop contamination is a significant health risk. As noted in one of […]
Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of its implantable medical devices. This includes ankle, hip, knee and shoulder implants that the company shipped to doctors’ offices and hospitals across the country. These recalls present substantial risks for patients, with complications necessitating revision surgery in many cases. Understanding the Patient Safety […]
Exactech is a medical device company that has faced numerous lawsuits in recent years. These lawsuits have focused on various issues with the company’s implantable medical devices, including issues that the company has acknowledged in recalls filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Among the products Exactech has […]
Exactech is a medical device company that manufactures implantable joint replacements. It is also a company that has faced numerous lawsuits related to its products in recent years. In many cases, Exactech has acknowledged the safety issues with its own medical devices—issuing recalls affecting hundreds of thousands of patients nationwide […]
Getting a shoulder replacement is supposed to improve your quality of life. It is supposed to eliminate your pain, restore your mobility and allow you to do most of the things you were able to do before you started to have shoulder problems. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. Problems with […]
Until recently, Ozempic was a little-known diabetes medication. But, when mainstream media outlets and even medical schools began touting the drug’s weight loss benefits, Ozempic was quickly thrust into the national spotlight. Now, however, Ozempic is in the national spotlight for a different reason: The drug’s manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, is […]
Hair straightening products have recently been linked to health problems, including uterine cancer. While this is a startling development, it also appears to have been an issue that companies like L’Oréal and Revlon could—and should—have discovered (and perhaps did discover) long ago. In October 2022, the National Institute of Environmental […]
Women are suing L’Oréal and other hair product companies for selling dangerous chemical hair straighteners. With a recent study suggesting that women who use these products “frequently” (four or more times in a year) are approximately 2.5 times more likely to develop uterine cancer, these companies are now facing the […]
Chemical hair straighteners present health risks, including more than doubling users’ risk of developing uterine cancer. As more information about these risks becomes known, more women are looking for better and safer alternatives. Fortunately, there are a number of alternatives out there, and avoiding chemical hair straighteners is simply a […]
