California judge uses bad science and scare tactics to rule that coffee must have cancer warnings
A California superior court judge in Los Angeles ruled that coffee shops may have to put up a warning that tells customers there is a possible cancer risk linked to their cup of coffee. The court said in a statement More...
What To Know About the EpiPen Right Now
The EpiPen has been a source of tremendous controversy over the past year. Manufactured by the Mylan company, the EpiPen is a medical device available by prescription designed to inject doses of epinephrine through More...
Dietary Supplements: The Face of a Self-Regulating Industry
The pressure to look great weighs heavily on many. From people who want to lose weight to improve their overall health to those who want to lose weight to fit their ideal beauty standards, the dietary supplement More...
The Different Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction
Finding the most suitable treatment approach for drug addiction victims is an overwhelming task for both addicts and their family members. The task in itself may seem impossibly to achieve. Some patients take years More...
GlaxoSmithKline Urges Third Circuit to Ignore Ruling in Fosamax Case
GlaxoSmithKline PLC has asked the Third Circuit Appeals Court to ignore the ruling in a product liability case involving the drug Fosamax when deciding whether to revive a suit brought on by buyers of Wellbutrin. More...
Syracuse Clinic Treats Head Lice with Hot Air
A head lice clinic in Syracuse, New York is taking a new approach to treatment: hot air. The treatment is designed to give patients an alternative to conventional treatments that include pesticide-based shampoos, More...
Growth of generic companies like Apotex brings savings to patients and jobs to sector
The generic pharmaceutical industry has undergone widespread growth over the last five years. This is in part due to the ongoing ‘patent cliff’ that has seen the expiration of the intellectual patents on blockbuster More...
The Same Scams Target Vulnerable Older People in 2015
On a regular basis, we read about companies and individuals charged with investment fraud and Ponzi-like schemes. Recent ones include Atlanta-based Gray Financial Group, Inc. for putting pension plans in an investment More...
How to Properly Move a Laboratory
Moving a laboratory is inherently dangerous. The materials can be toxic, machinery can be fragile, and the space you are leaving needs to be decontaminated. The risks need to be weighed against the rewards or necessity More...
Factors That Could Have an Influence on the Future of E-Cigarettes
Over the last five years, e-cig sales have dramatically increased in both the US as well as other Western countries like the UK and Canada. In addition to increased sales, they have also become wider accepted, and More...
Schwebel’s announce recall of certain products from Youngstown bakery
Schwebel Baking Company today announced it has voluntarily withdrawn certain products from the marketplace after Listeria was discovered during a scheduled environmental assessment of its Youngstown bakery. Schwebel More...
San Diego pharmacy recalls testosterone injection over sterility concerns
San Diego, California pharmacy, University Compounding Pharmacy, announced the voluntary recall of several injectable preparations over concerns of sterility of the products. Testosterone Cypionate (Sesame Oil)Image/FDA The More...
Canada: Kinnikinnick Foods Pie Crusts recalled due to undeclared eggs
Kinnikinnick Foods brand Pie Crusts Image/CFIA Edmonton, AB company, Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. have announced a voluntary recall of certain Kinnikinnick Foods brand Pie Crusts because an ingredient, eggs, was More...
Obama administration remains busy after election, adding 68 regulations per day
As of Friday morning the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website since the election. In the past 90 days, it has posted 6,125 regulations and notices More...
Nick Blohm, high school linebacker, leads Wisconsin cafeteria boycott, not enough food
Students at a southeastern Wisconsin high school are boycotting cafeteria food over what they say is a federally-mandated one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition, leaving some students hungry. Nick Blohm myspace More...
Liquid dietary supplement recalled due to Salmonella fears
Ferndale, WA company, Botanical Laboratories, Inc. is recalling 38 bottles of 33.8 oz “Digestive 3 in 1 Health ” liquid dietary supplement and 275 bottles of 16 oz. “Digestive Health 3 in 1” More...
Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania: Plan B abortion pills available in vending machine
The morning after pill is now as easy to acquire as a can of Coke or a Snickers bar. $25 in a vending machine at Shippensburg University gets their students the morning after pill, the Plan B One Step emergency More...
Obamacare confirmed to force coverage of abortion medications, Plan B meds
The Obama administration announced Aug. 1 that insurance plans must cover without cost to women contraceptives that can cause abortions. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services More...
Raw milk brings out the ‘Police State’ as farmers fight FDA
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), an organization whose mission includes “defending the rights and broadening the freedoms of family farms and protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient More...
