You might not realize that K-Y Jelly is a medical device but it is and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not happy about claims made by Johnson & Johnson concerning the personal lubricant. As a result McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of J&J, has recalled 2.3 million […]
Author: Brenda Fulmer
It is a popular antibiotic often asked for because it can be taken with fewer doses over a shorter period of time. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says azithromycin (Zithromax) has been linked to an irregular heart rhythm that can be fatal in some patients. Medical researchers […]
This report is confusing to the many people who know from experience that taking the anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran) is more dangerous than warfarin (Coumadin), the treatment that’s been the standard of care for decades. According to a published perspective in the online March 14, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), […]
Apparently, the FDA will expedite its abbreviated 510K approval process. The medical device industry is painting this as an improvement in the device approval process, but at what cost? And, for who is this expedited clearance process an improvement? According to an analysis from the medical device consulting company Emergo […]
A patient with a metal-on-metal or any hip replacement that causes symptoms or problems requires that the individual become his/her own best advocate. First, make an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon for evaluation which includes not just a physical exam but an examination of fluid around the joint/ soft tissue […]
In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers have determined that women have a slightly elevated chance of needing a hip revision before a man. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente looked at 35,000 hip surgeries in 46 hospitals within their healthcare system. While men had an average of 1.9 […]
It is so interesting to delve into how a corporation thinks. Not in that they think like a person – even though the U.S. Supreme Court recently gave corporations First Amendment rights – but in that they groupthink. Take the case of transvaginal mesh. A trial is underway in Superior […]
Thimerosal. It is a mercury-based preservative found in children’s vaccines. The jury is still out on whether or not the neurotoxin is responsible for the life-altering condition known as autism especially as its use seems to correlate with the astronomical jump in the developmental disorder in children. Logically mercury is […]
The good news is that major retailer, Walmart, will stop the sale of baby products with cancer-causing flame retardant chemicals. The bad news, it will only be done in California. The action follows a report issued by the California-based nonprofit Center for Environmental Health (CEH). It found Walmart and other […]
A recent federal study finds there has been a sharp increase in medical complications associated with childbirth which has forced hospitals to be better prepared. Of the more than four million U.S. births every years, about 52,000 have complications, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a […]
