Chantix Side Effects Cause F.A.A. to Ban Use by Pilots

Yes that is right, the FAA not the FDA although the FDA has it's own advisory as well."The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it would no longer permit pilots or air traffic controllers to use the smoking cessation drug Chantix, citing potential side effects that...

San Diego Explosion Injures 14

The building was under construction and looks to be related to work at this point. We are still waiting on details. Story from www.signonsandiego.com belowThe San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reports a total of...

Accused Child Molester Sought - San Diego

"Anyone with any information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously (888) 580-TIPS and may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.Police are seeking the public's help in locating a Sacramento man accused of Sexual molestation...

San Diego State SDSU Drug Bust - An in Depth Look

Will Carless of  Voiceofsandiego.org provides a more in depth look at the San Diego State Drug Arrests."Wednesday, May 7, 2008 After 96 people, including several fraternity brothers, were arrested Tuesday for...

Hepatitis C Investigation Update - Nevada Health officials Hotline and Info

"Hepatitis C Investigation In February 2008, 40,000 Nevadans were contacted that they may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis strains B and C after having surgical procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern...

More Endoscopy Center Patients Diagnosed with Hepatitis C

" New Hepatitis C case Desert Shadow Nevada Endoscopy Center NEWS March 19, 2008: Another case of Hepatitis C: State health officials in Nevada have found evidence of another Hepatitis C case related to the first outbreak at the Shadow Lane facility that was closed...

Heparin Blood Thinner by Baxter Partially Contaminated FDA Announced

In mid Feburary,  U.S. health officials announced their plan to inspect a Chinese factory which could be the source of problems with the blood thinner heparin which is linked to allergic reactions and possibly four deaths.(Now linked to more than 12)The FDA announced...

Second Nevada Clinic Shutdown over Hepatitis C Warning

 Close to one week after the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada announced that it potentially exposed 40,000 Nevadans to HIV and hepatitis strains B and C, another clinic associated with DR. Dipak Desai has...

Beware of Nigerian Dog Scam - Not a joke

"English bulldogs, especially those from "champion bloodlines" and recognized by the American Kennel Club, are worth a pretty penny: upwards of $3,000 for some puppies. So when 29-year-old Justin Gariott saw a...

Hepatitis C Warning - Endoscopy Center of Nevada - Thousands at Risk

"The Southern Nevada Health District alerted patients that had received injected anesthesia medicine during medical procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Nevada, located at 700 Shadow Lane, of high risk exposure and...

Drug ads to get more FDA Scrutiny

" The Food and Drug Administration's current budget for reviewing consumer drug advertisements is larger than in the previous five years combined.   But whether that level of funding will be sustained and continue to come from taxpayers — or will be raised from...

FDA : Denture Cleansers Warnings after Reactions and One Death

" FDA is asking the manufacturers of denture cleansers to revise labeling and to consider appropriate alternatives to an ingredient in their products. This action is in response to reports of 73 severe reactions linked to these cleansers, including at least one death. The...

Committee for Medicinal Products - Positive Opinion for Alimta Lung Cancer Drug

" LONDON, Feb. 21, 2008-On 21 February 2008 the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion** to recommend the variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Alimta. The Marketing Authorisation Holder for...

Beef Recall - Biggest beef recall in U.S. history, 140 million pounds.

"School districts are scrambling to see if they've received any of the frozen meat involved in the biggest beef recall in U.S. history, 140 million pounds. One local industry veteran says he just can't figure out how in 2008 this could have happened. ”The things they were...

Trasylol Side Effects - 22,000 died amid delayed Bayer drug recall Researcher...

"The lives of 22,000 patients could have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS Television's 60 Minutesprogram. The drug...

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