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News About Old Drugs
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has been busy! Earlier this month, we wrote about the FDA’s new search engine to find information about drug and food product recalls...
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Tips to Prevent an Accidental Medication Overdose
Got a headache…stomachache…cough…allergies? Chances are you have some common drugs in your medicine cabinet. We read the labels, take a pill or a teaspoon of liquid, and move on with our lives. Most...
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FDA Warns of Fraudulent "Dietary Supplements"
It’s easy enough to become injured by approved dietary supplements, over-the-counter or prescription medications, but the risk increases exponentially if the product in question is fraudulent. The U.S....
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FDA Sheds Light on Sunscreens
Since 1978, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been promising that they would provide guidance to consumers about the safety and efficacy of sunscreens. Now, 33 years later, the FDA has...
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Best Ways to Lower the Chance of SIDS
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) weighed in today about baby products that claim to protect babies from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome , or SIDS. SIDS is every new parent’s worst fear—an...
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Be Cautious With Black Licorice
Black licorice—either you love it or hate it. If you love it, you need to be aware that too much of a good thing can be seriously dangerous to your health. Black licorice contains a compound called...
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Be Wary of Health Fraud Scams
You know that if you are ever injured as the result of an unsafe or defective product, we’re here to help. But honestly, we would much rather help you prevent injury in the first place. Today, we would...
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Celexa Can Cause Heart Abnormalities
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued safety information about popular antidepressant medication Celexa (generic name: citalopram hydrobromide). Celexa is in the class of...
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FDA Warns About Health Risks of Tattoos
from the FDA Tattoos are so common that it is easy to forget that there are always potential dangers whenever anything–including ink–is injected into the skin or body. It used to be that the greatest...
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Complications in the Meningitis Outbreak
photo by Barry Chin/Boston Globe Less than two weeks ago, we told you about the meningitis outbreak from spinal steroid injections. At that time, 105 people had developed meningitis, and 9 had died....
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