New Concerns Emerge About Long-Term Antidepressant Use
How long is too long to be on antidepressants?
More Americans are taking antidepressant medications like Prozac and Zoloft for extended periods of time: One-quarter of people on the drugs have used them for a decade or more, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. But even the longest rigorous studies of...
Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Landmark Opioid Trial
A judge in Oklahoma on Monday ruled that Johnson & Johnson had intentionally played down the dangers and oversold the benefits of opioids, and ordered it to pay the state $572 million in the first trial of a drug manufacturer for the destruction wrought by prescription painkillers.
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Tyson recalls nearly 40,000 pounds of Weaver chicken patties
(Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc is recalling nearly 40,000 pounds of its Weaver chicken patties after some consumers found pieces of rubber in the product, the no. 1 U.S. meat processor said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday classified the recall as Class 1, the strictest form of recall where use of the product...
Bayer Proposes Paying $8 Billion to Settle Roundup Cancer Claims
Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
An agreement, which could take months to work out, would ease investor pressure over massive litigation exposure the German drug and chemical giant took...
6 cancer patients developed rare blood infection after nurse tampered with opioids: report
At least six patients at a cancer facility in New York were sickened with a rare blood infection after a nurse allegedly tampered with injectable opioids, diluting the medication with tap water.
Six patients at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., were infected with a bacterium known as Sphingomonas paucimobilis between June...
Cancer patients contracted a rare blood infection. Officials say a nurse diluting opioids with tap water is to blame.
Medical professionals at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Upstate New York knew something wasn’t right. Within one week, three patients had been diagnosed with the same rare blood infection.
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What’s behind the surge of prescriptions for risky, expensive medications? Millions from drugmakers.
In 2011, a group of influential dermatologists, most of whom had financial ties to drug companies, issued a set of national guidelines for treating psoriasis.
It said a class of immune-suppressing drugs could be used to clear up mild skin issues before weddings or other special events....
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Medical Malpractice in the Emergency Department
Study: Catheters cause 25 percent of hospital infections
July 1 (UPI) -- Objects like catheters, needles and other indwelling devices are responsible for many of the infection problems in hospitals, according to a new study.
In fact, new research published on Monday in American Journal of Critical Care, showed catheters and similar devices cause about 25 percent of hospital infections.
Medical mistakes harm more than 1 in 10 patients. Many are preventable.
At least 12 percent of preventable errors caused permanent disability or death, according to a review of studies involving over 300,000 patients.
More than 1 in 10 patients are harmed in the course of their medical care, and half of those injuries are preventable. Among the preventable errors, 12 percent led to a patient’s permanent...
