Among the leading causes of death in the United States, diabetes ranks 7th. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form, occurring when the body does not use insulin properly. Left untreated, type 2 diabetes can lead to nerve damage, blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and other health issues. Numerous prescription medications can help … [Read more...]
Drug Makers Routinely Submit Incomplete Reports of Side Effects to FDA
By Sandra Dalton, Staff Writer When researchers analyzed the serious adverse event reports made to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2014, they found that reports filed by drug makers were incomplete more than half of the time, while more than 86% of those filed directly by health professional and consumers were complete. The FDA’s … [Read more...]
Document Claims Drug Makers Deceived a Top Medical Journal
On March 1, 2016, The New York Times put out an article questioning whether or not two major pharmaceutical companies deceived a top medical journal in order to protect their drug. The two companies, Johnson & Johnson and Bayer, are said to have misled editors at The New England Journal of Medicine in regards to their anticlotting drug, … [Read more...]
Talcum Powder Study Reveals Ovarian Cancer Risk Increased by 33 Percent
A recent study has found that women who routinely used talcum powder around their genitals increased their risk of ovarian cancer by 33 percent. The Epidemiology report obtained the results by asking over 2,000 women with ovarian cancer and 2,100 women without ovarian cancer about their usage of talcum powder, according to a Reuters Health … [Read more...]
Chemo Drug Causes Unnecessary Suffering for Women Who Survive Cancer
By Sandra Dalton, Staff Writer Many women who survive breast cancer now face permanent baldness caused by a chemo therapy drug they did not have to choose. It is a side effect they were not warned about caused by Taxotere (docetaxel), which some say is inferior to its alternative in treating cancer, but more convenient to take and administer. … [Read more...]
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