Warning: Supplements and medications may not mix
Americans are taking more prescription medications. They also are taking more supplements — everything from vitamin and mineral pills to fish and flax seed oils. The natural result: More are combining drugs and supplements. That may be riskier than many consumers realize.
Some are risking dangerous internal bleeding by combining certain supplements with blood-thinning drugs. Others are...
VW Said to Pay At Least $10 Billion in U.S. Cheating Deal
Volkswagen AG has agreed to set aside at least $10 billion to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government and lawsuits by American car owners over diesel vehicles rigged to cheat pollution controls, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
The parties reached the accord ahead of a Thursday deadline set by a...
Supreme Court upholds Iran payments for terrorism
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld actions taken by Congress and President Obama that held Iran financially responsible for acts of terrorism dating back to the 1983 bombing of a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.
The 6-2 ruling by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a victory for more than 1,000 victims and their surviving family members, who...
Why Medical Devices Aren’t Safer
Things sometimes go wrong with airbags, food and drugs, prompting recalls. It can also happen with medical devices, though you’d think lifesaving devices like heart defibrillators or artificial hips would be closely monitored.
But the data needed to systematically and rapidly identify dangerous medical devices are...
Tainted Scope Infections Far Exceed Earlier Estimates
The number of potentially deadly infections from contaminated medical scopes is far higher than what federal officials previously estimated, a new congressional investigation shows.
As many as 350 patients at 41 medical facilities in the U.S. and worldwide were infected or exposed to tainted gastrointestinal scopes from Jan. 1, 2010, to Oct. 31, 2015, according...
Recall remains in place for for airbag inflators
More than 7.5 million defective driver and passenger airbags manufactured by Takata Corporation have been replaced since November 2015 in what has been called the biggest automotive recall in U.S. history, with the largest civil penalty and the first to see the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration invoke legal power to...
BMW Recalls 7 Series Models Because of Faulty Air Bags
U.S. car owners can expect a letter from the company.
BMW bmw-hm has issued a recall of its 7-series luxury cars.
The car manufacturer has discovered an issue with the vehicles’ air bag deployment, Reuters reports. The recall affects 26,000 cars that were produced prior to Dec. 11...
BMW recalls 7 Series models due to air bag issue
BMW AG (BMWG.DE) is recalling its new flagship 7-series luxury limousine due to a potential air bag deployment issue, the company said on Thursday.
Airbags in 26,000 cars produced before Dec. 11, 2015 may have a defective air bag control module, the company said, adding that there have been no known cases of faulty deployments.
"It...
Tesla Recalls 2,700 Model X SUVS to Fix Third-Row Seats
Tesla Motors Inc. is recalling 2,700 Model X sport utility vehicles, the first such action for the SUV, to repair the third-row seats after strength tests done by the automaker found a potential problem.
“Recently, during an internal seat strength test that was conducted prior to the start of Model X deliveries in Europe, the...
Millions of Recalled Cars Roam the Road, Potentially Risking Lives
When the 2002 Honda Civic crashed into the back of another car in a Houston suburb, authorities said the impact was moderate, and that everyone should have "been able to walk away," according to a sheriff's deputy. Instead, the Honda's 17-year-old driver bled to death.
The young woman likely would have...
