Mesothelioma Associated with the Use of Cosmetic Talc
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Johnson & Johnson Lawsuits Raise Fears Over Baby Powder – The New York Times
You’d recognize that distinctive fragrance anywhere. It’s the smell of innocence. Johnson & Johnson has touted its signature baby powder as gentle enough for a baby’s bottom for more than a century. And though its talcum powder represents only a fraction of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic giant’s modern business, it’s been a cornerstone of...
Leading Cancer Center No Longer Offering Zantac to Patients
One of the nation’s leading cancer centers will no longer offer Zantac and its generics to patients, as it reviews the potential cancer risk from the discovery of a carcinogen in the popular stomach pills.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is removing Zantac products from the list of drugs that it offers patients “out of...
Long Island teen sues Juul alleging ads ‘manipulate’ users
A Long Island teen has filed a class action suit against e-cigarette maker Juul, claiming the company used strategies from the traditional tobacco industry to “manipulate” users to keep them hooked.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Central Islip, 19-year-old Shawn Hochhauser of Massapequa says he started smoking Juul e-cigs when he...
Zantac Pulled From Shelves by Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS Over Carcinogen Fears
The pharmacy chains are pulling the heartburn medication from shelves after the Food and Drug Administration warned that it had detected low levels of a cancer-causing chemical in samples of the drug.
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Hospitals Should Replace Infection-Prone Scopes With Safer Models, F.D.A. Says
Companies that make reusable, snakelike cameras to examine patients internally should begin making disposable versions, because the current models cannot be properly sterilized and have spread infections from one patient to another, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer Are Recalled Worldwide
Textured breast implants made by Allergan that have been linked to an unusual cancer are being recalled in the United States at the request of the Food and Drug Administration...
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FDA Recalls Advance Enforcer 35 Focal-Force PTA Balloon Catheter 6mm x 4cm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a class I recall for the Advance Enforcer 35 Focal-Force PTA Balloon Catheter 6mm x 4cm, manufactured by Cook Incorporated, due to "multiple complaints" regarding a high recurrence rate of balloons bursting below the rated burst pressure. According to the Agency, potential implications for using...
Schumer calls on FDA to review all chemicals used in sunscreen
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday said he’s asking the FDA to review all of the ingredients of sunscreen products to ensure consumers don’t get burned by chemicals that could “seep into the bloodstream.”
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Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder risk expands: It faces triple the cancer trials in 2019
Johnson & Johnson paid a steep price this year for claims that its celebrated baby powder was contaminated with asbestos. And its 2019 could be even worse.
A jury ordered the company in July to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women who blamed the talc-based product for causing their ovarian cancer. The prospect of similar...
