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In late January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety announcement stating that the agency would begin investigating adverse heart risks associated with testosterone products, including Low T drugs such as AndroGel® and Axiron®. The warning was issued after several studies found that men taking Low T drugs faced significantly increased…

Another reported case of liver injury has turned up in connection to the dietary weight loss supplement OxyElite Pro – this time from San Diego. According to an official from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency – which also issued a consumer warning for OxyElite Pro this past Wednesday – a…

In the wake of U.S. regulators opening a formal investigation regarding the safety of various diabetes medications several months ago, the American Diabetes Association announced this week that they will be conducting an independent review of data about the safety of diabetes treatments, including Merck & Co.’s Januvia. Januvia, a popular type-2 diabetes medication,…

Last year, a three-year-old boy in Lancaster, California suffered severe burns after his sister left a cup of boiled water on the counter. In the few minutes that the teenage sister left her brother alone with the cup of hot soup, the boiling contents spilled onto the child’s head. The incident left the child…

A San Francisco lawsuit claims that popular baby food products may contain trace amounts of lead. According to the claim, Gerber Products Co., Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation, Del Monte Foods, and other manufacturers may produce baby foods that contain lead but don’t carry a warning label. The lawsuit was filed by an environmental group and…

Concerns regarding the use of AlloDerm, in the treatment of hernia repair, have begun to manifest in the healthcare community. What was once considered a safe alternative to traditional skin grafts, is now the alleged culprit in a number of cases regarding AlloDerm injuries. Unfortunately, AlloDerm complications have become synonymous with dangerously high failure…

L.A. County prosecutors are seeking justice on behalf of two children that were molested by one of the Archdiocese’s most prolific sexual offenders. At a Friday arraignment, prosecutors will motion to have a convicted child molester committed to a state hospital correction facility indefinitely upon finishing his prison sentence. In 1986, Michael Stephen Baker…

Valproate, the active ingredient found in many popular anticonvulsant medications, has recently become the target in yet another onslaught of public scrutiny. Already widely protested for its association with congenital birth defects, valproate is now being blamed for prohibiting the proper development of cognitive abilities in children. Infants born to mothers who undergo valproate…