Swiss researchers recently concluded that Avandia, a type 2 diabetes drug, nearly doubles the chances of osteoporosis and bone fracture among patients who take the drug and is increased for patients taking the drug for more than a year. The results of the study come on heels of controversy surrounding the drug’s link to increased [...]

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The safety of the Ortho-Evra birth control patch has been questioned in the past few years after the Associated Press reported that research had surfaced about 23 deaths related to the patch. Doctors who reviewed the 23 cases of death found about 17 deaths that appeared to be clot-related, including 12 deaths from 2004. Roughly [...]

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GlaxoSmithKline, makers of the type 2 diabetes prescription drug known as Avandia, recently received warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the company withheld post-marketing research information on Avandia. Avandia, also known as its generic name rosiglitazone maleate, is an oral medication used to control an individual’s blood sugar level as well [...]

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Silicosis. Lung cancer. Tuberculosis. Renal disease. Autoimmune disorders. It may sound like a litany of unfair and terrifying illnesses, but it’s worse – it’s a list of the potential side effects of silica exposure in the workplace. And with 1.7 million workers facing industrial silica exposure in a number of professions, it’s of growing concern [...]

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How does a drug marketed by a pharmaceutical giant go from superstar to scapegoat in a matter of mere months? That’s what doctors who use the injectable drug Trasylol-Aprotinin are asking themselves after recent revelations that the drug, which is used to stop bleeding in 60 percent of heart surgery patients, causes side effects such [...]

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Exposure to creosotes, coal tar, coal tar pitch, or coal tar pitch volatiles may result in minor to serious health effects. Eating food or drinking water contaminated with a high level of these compounds may cause a burning in the mouth and throat as well as stomach pain. Taking herbal remedies containing creosote bush leaves [...]

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There are many different types of defibrillators. An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that diagnoses and treats cardiac arrest by re-establishing an effective heart rhythm. This treatment is called defibrillation, which applies an electric shock to the entire heart muscle, uniformly clearing the electrical activity of the heart and hopefully allowing [...]

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In February 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered human body tissue recovery and distribution company Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd. to cease manufacturing human body tissue. The report was the culmination of a years-long investigation into ethical and health violations in the recovery of human body tissue to be used in transplants, skin grafts [...]

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Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a very new disease, first described in 2000, and as such, much research is still required on the subject. It seems to affect only those with moderate to severe kidney disease, and has a strong link to gadolinium-based contrast dyes, though the link has not been confirmed as a cause and [...]

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Did you know that the toxic effects of benzene exposure can show up as late as 29 years after the first exposure? Clearly, the health risks of occupational or other benzene exposure are grave. Benzene, classified as a “Class A” carcinogen by the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA), is an extremely harmful chemical that is responsible [...]

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