FDA issues Class I recall for warfarin test strips after patient strokes
The FDA has announced a Class I recall for 1.1 million packages of CoaguChek XS PT test strips used with point-of-care or in-home devices to adjust warfarin dosing.
The recall comes after certain test strips were revealed to overestimate patients’ actual International Normalized Ratio (INR), leading to an underuse of the blood-thinner. About 90 medical...
Heart Drug Spotlights Troubling Trends In Drug Marketing
At the end of September, Amarin Corp. teased some early findings for Vascepa, its preventive medicine for people at risk of heart disease. The claim was astounding: a 25 percent relative risk reduction for deaths related to heart attacks, strokes and other conditions. Headlines proclaimed a potential game changer in treating cardiovascular disease. And...
Soft Furniture No Cushion Against Falls for Young Kids
It's a scene played out in many homes across America -- parents place their baby on a bed or sofa, thinking the child is safe while Mom or Dad slips away for a few moments.
But new research finds that falls from beds and sofas pose a greater risk to children than many parents believe.
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Salmonella infantis showing up in chicken products across country
Federal officials for weeks have been on the hunt for the underlying source of a bacterial contaminant in raw chicken that has sickened more than 90 people in 29 states, 11 percent of them identified in New York.
A multi-drug resistant bacterium — Salmonella infantis — has cropped up in a wide range of chicken...
Rural America’s Own Private Flint: Polluted Water Too Dangerous to Drink
ARMENIA, Wis. — The groundwater that once ran cool and clean from taps in this Midwestern farming town is now laced with contaminants and fear. People refuse to drink it. They won’t brush their teeth with it. They dread taking showers.
Rural communities call it their own, private Flint— a diffuse, creeping water crisis tied...
FDA isn’t doing enough to prevent medical device hacking, HHS report says
(CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration is not doing enough to prevent medical devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps from being hacked, a report from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General said Thursday.
"FDA had plans and processes for addressing certain medical device problems in the postmarket...
Subaru, Toyota recall 165,000 U.S. cars with defect that could lead to engine stalling
Subaru and Toyota are recalling about 165,000 U.S. vehicles they manufactured jointly after discovering a defect that could lead to the engine stalling in rare cases.
The affected vehicles were assembled by Subaru at a joint venture operation in Japan.
The recall covers about 140,000 Subaru vehicles in the U.S. and about 25,000 of Toyota's Scion...
FDA announces recall of another heart medicine for possible cancer risk
The US Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients of another recall of medicine used to treat high blood pressure, for a potential cancer risk due to contamination. This time, SciGen is recalling certain lots of irbesartan.
The recalled lot will have "Westminster Pharmaceuticals" and "GSMS Inc." on the label, according to the FDA list.
Another...
Exclusive: Wells Fargo says auto insurance remediation will not wrap up until 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co will not finish paying back the estimated 600,000 customers it wrongly charged for auto insurance until at least 2020, the bank said in a letter to U.S. lawmakers seen by Reuters.
U.S. regulators slapped Wells Fargo with a $1 billion penalty in April when it admitted to wrongly...
Life, Death And The Lazarus Drug: Confronting America’s Opioid Crisis
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a stunning statistic. Seventy-two thousand people, it estimates, died of drug overdoses in 2017. The huge increase in deaths is largely due to heroin and powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
One of the tools being used to fight that wave of deaths is the...
