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• Diabetes Drug Avandia Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks

  Pete Strom | July 27, 2007 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Avandia, a drug prescribed for diabetes patients to control blood sugar levels, has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and heart-related deaths, studies show. The Federal Drug Administration released a safety alert in May, warning of the increased heart associated risks linked to Avandia. According to the FDA's release, patients on Avandia who also take insulin, particularly...

• Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | September 28, 2006 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The daughters of a woman who died in a California nursing home are suing the facility after the state found it failed to monitor the woman while she was on medication. Maria Tirado dies while on the anti-coagulant Coumadin, and the state fined the nursing home $94,000 for failing to monitor Tirado despite orders from her physician. Tirado died Jan. 18, after suffering from massive bleeding on...

• Health Risks from Denture Cream turn Smiles into Frowns

  Amanda Wick | June 11, 2009 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  As the saying goes, you are never fully dressed without a smile. For years Poligrip and Fixodent have helped those with dental work such as dentures and bridges keep their teeth in place. Users...

• Tractor Trailer Overturns, Smashing Car In Accident

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A 20 year-old Texas man was killed early Tuesday morning when his car was crushed by a tractor trailer on I-26. The accident occurred in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 131. The lanes were shut down for a few hours afterward while authorities investigated.

• CPSC Investigates Safety of Yamaha Rhino UTVs

  Amanda Wick | November 06, 2008 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently began an investigation into the safety of Yamaha Rhino utility terrain vehicles, or UTVs, after reports of severe injuries and deaths...

• Varenicline Pill May Reduce Urges to Smoke and Drink

  Jenny Albano | July 10, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Varenicline, a drug currently on the market to help smokers quit, may also help curb the urge to drink. According to some new studies, rats that were conditioned to drink in excess cut their drinking in half when they were given the drug.Eighteen rates were periodically given access to alcohol for a period of four months. The researchers would introduce the alcohol and let the rats consume it...

• Children at Higher Risk for Medical Errors

  Amanda Schlager | September 22, 2008 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Although medical errors are common in both children and adults, the consequences of these mistakes can be more serious in children, according to doctors. Pediatrics, a medical journal, published a...

• FDA Recall of ReliOn Insulin Syringes

  Amanda Wick | November 06, 2008 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling several thousand mislabeled ReliOn single use, disposable, hypodermic, insulin syringes. The ReliOn insulin syringes involved in the recall...

• Bayer HealthCare Illegally Markets Unapproved Drugs

  Amanda Wick | October 28, 2008 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent Warning Letters to Bayer HealthCare regarding two aspirin products. According to the FDA, Bayer has illegally marketed two over the counter products:...

• Rituxan Cause of Brain Disorder Death, FDA says

  Amanda Schlager | September 19, 2008 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The Food and Drug Administration recently reported that the pharmaceutical drug Rituxan was the cause of a brain disorder death. The female victim passed away just 18 months after consuming her last...