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 […]
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In our previous blog, we provided you with a quick explainer about the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (“CLJA”) and how it became effective on August 10, 2022. If you have been following the news, you probably have seen or heard about this horrific toxic water contamination at Camp Lejeune and […]
Nearly six months after Philips recalled millions of its CPAP, BiPAP, and ventilator machines, some patients have hope that they will receive a replacement machine. In one Massachusetts town, some sleep apnea patients who are in the higher risk category may have the option of receiving new CPAP machines free […]
While Americans have been bombarded with news of Pokemon sightings, legislation concerning our food safety passed through the House, with barely a whisper from the mainstream media. The House of Representatives submitted a bill “H.R. 1599 – The Safe & Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015”, which has been nicknamed […]
Is There No Shame? Each of us acutely knows of the efforts undertaken over the last three decades to find a cure and to advance treatment for many types of cancer. Most people well know of facts like cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States; […]
While the corporate conglomerates that comprise the pharmaceutical industry have waded their way onto the World Wide Web, they still have a little evolving to do. They need to respond to research that shows more than half of consumers looking up disease information are doing so on their cell phones. […]
Despite the efforts to show it’s warm and fuzzy side, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has decided to cave into criticism and reformulate its popular baby shampoo to remove the formaldehyde. The company waited for its reformulation before making the announcement to the New York Times in January. The health care […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by drugmaker Novartis to revisit the issue of whether punitive damages can be awarded in product liability lawsuits. Claiming immunity under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Novartis claimed that the FDA preempts state tort law which does allow punitive damages when […]
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 […]
Researchers publishing in the August 27th issue of the online journal Clinical Drug Investigation, report that use of the cancer drug Avastin has been linked to high blood pressure and gastrointestinal bleeding. This is not the first bad news associated with Avastin. The drug was approved by the Food and […]
