The newly formed Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is expected to release its final report on the opioid epidemic – a report that will contain suggestions for further action – in about a week. Leading up to the release of the report, there have been a number of inquiries and actions that beg the question: what is the … [Read more...]
Psychiatric Disorders in Children Linked to Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy
Taking antidepressants during pregnancy can increase the risk of psychiatric disorders in children, according to a study put out by the National Center for Register-based Research at Aarhus University in Denmark. The study included 905,383 children born between 1998 and 2012, all of which were observed by researchers for a maximum of 16 years. … [Read more...]
The FDA Announces Plan to Reduce Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
Every single year over 480,000 people die from cigarette-related illnesses, according to the CDC. And for every death, 30 people live with cancer, heart disease, lung disease and other smoking-related sicknesses. Thus, on the whole, 16 million people live with an illness caused by cigarettes, leading to $300 billion in total yearly costs. Because … [Read more...]
Doctors May Not Communicate Risk of Side-Effects
Doctors – good doctors – have been known to prescribe medications to patients without sufficiently warning them of side-effects, leading, sometimes, to disastrous circumstances. In a Washington Post report last month, Janice Neumann outlined some of the various concerns and contexts surrounding this issue of poor doctor-patient communication. In … [Read more...]
Medtronic May Soon Resolve Nearly 6,000 Legal Disputes
For the last several years, Medtronic PLC has been at the source of a medicinal scandal that has plagued thousands of patients. In 2002, the FDA approved the company’s bone graft device. Since then, it has come to surface that the product might do more harm than good. Now the company may be nearing the closure of thousands of settlements with … [Read more...]
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