A Paris court handed hundreds of millions of euros in damages and fines to a French pharmaceutical company on Monday for its role in one of the nation’s biggest modern health scandals, finding it guilty of manslaughter and other charges for selling a diabetes drug blamed for hundreds of deaths. The ruling capped a judicial…
us-regionshealth officials announced findings Wednesday linking contaminated water in the northeastern area of the state to a cluster of child cancers in the 1990s, though officials say the water no longer poses a health risk. The study conducted by the state’s environmental health bureau specifically looked at Wilmington, Mass., and found expectant mothers’ exposure to contaminants…
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned that early results from a safety trial on Pfizer’s arthritis and colitis drug, tofacitinib, revealed an increased risk of heart issues and cancer when compared to another medicine. The drug, marketed under Xeljanz or Xeljanz XR, was tested against an arthritis drug called tumor necrosis factor (TNF)…
The recipient of the first-ever successful double-hand and face medical-research said he is “grateful” for the procedure which has “given me a second chance at life.” Joseph DiMeo, a 22-year-old New Jersey resident who suffered 80% total body surface area burns in a high-speed car accident in 2018, underwent the ground-breaking procedure at NYU Langone…
Radio waves emanating from Apple devices may disrupt the workings of implanted heart-health” target=”_blank”>pacemakers<, Apple said iPhones have magnets, components and radios that release electromagnetic fields, which can potentially interfere with sensors on the medical devices when brought in close contact. DIET DRINKS LINKED TO SAME HEART ISSUES AS SWEETENED BEVERAGES, STUDY SAYS Pacemakers and…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As of Monday morning, the infectious-diseasehas infected more than 170,360,315 people across 192 countries and territories, resulting in at least 3,541,881 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying more…
With another respiratory-healthseason just around the corner and infectious-disease variants continuing to spread across the U.S., health officials are warning Americans to take caution. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that “reduced population immunity due to lack of flu virus activity since March 2020” could result in an early and potentially severe flu season. COVID-19:…
I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.