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Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Steering Issue

Toyota Motor Corporation announced yet another recall; this time, for about 550,000 vehicles, most in the United States and all over a steering issue. Toyota recalled 447,000 vehicles in the United States, 38,000 in Japan, and 25,000 in Australia and New Zealand, according to Dion Corbett, Toyota spokesman, said The Associated Press (AP), which added […]

Health Canada Warns Levaquin, Similar Antibiotics Should be Avoided in Myasthenia Gravis Patients

Health Canada today warned that people with myasthenia gravis should avoid Levaquin and other fluoroquinolone antibiotics because they could make the condition worse. The risk of this happening is considered rare, Health Canada said, but serious and could result in muscle weakness or breathing problems. Fluoroquinolones are used to treat bacterial infections in many different […]

Glaxo May Mediate More Avandia Settlements

Last week, we wrote that GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve federal investigations into how it marketed some of its drugs, including its controversial type 2 diabetes drug, Avandia. Now, a judge is urging the drug maker to resolve most of its pending Avandia lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe said she […]

New York Firm Recalls Chicken Livers Tied to Salmonella Outbreak

Schreiber Processing Corporation, of Maspeth, New York, is recalling an undetermined amount of its broiled chicken liver products that are linked to a cluster of Salmonella illnesses in New Jersey and New York, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced. The FSIS is collaborating with states, the U.S. […]

DRBC Posts Proposed Fracking Rules for Delaware River Basin

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has finally posted proposed new natural gas drilling regulations for the environmentally sensitive watershed. According to media reports, both critics and proponents of hydraulic fracturing seem to agree that DRBC’s drilling regulations will open the Delaware River Basin to fracking. According to a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer, the […]

Possible Salmonella Prompts Beef Jerky Recall

Whittington’s Jerky, Inc., of Johnson City, Texas, is recalling about 126 pounds of its beef jerky products over concerns the meat might be contaminated with the dangerous Salmonella pathogen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced. The recall has been deemed a Class I by the agency—its most […]

Brighton Beach Building Collapse Injures 4, Kills 1

A Brighton Beach building collapse has injured four people, and killed one person, according to media reports. The collapse took place yesterday afternoon, after fresh concrete was poured improperly on the third floor, before having been poured on the second floor. New York City’s buildings commissioner promised swift action against those responsible for the tragedy, […]

Paterno’s Future in Doubt as Penn State Board Announces Probe of Sandusky Child Sex Abuse Scandal

The Penn State University Board of Trustees has launched an investigation into the university’s handling of child sexual abuse allegations levied against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The Penn State child sexual abuse scandal is threatening to end the career of Nittany Lions head football coach Joe Paterno, who has come under scathing criticism for […]

Another Study Points to Yaz, Yasmin Dangers

Higher Risk of Blood Blots Using Birth Control Pills like Yaz or Yasmin For the third time in just a few weeks, a study is confirming a higher risk of blood clots among women who use birth control pills like Yaz or Yasmin. According to the new study, the increased blood clot risk associated with […]

Studies Show Many People Taking Proton Pump Inhibitors Don’t Need Them

Aciphex, Dexilant, Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, and Protonix, all part of a class of drugs known a proton pump inhibitors, may be overprescribed, some recent studies indicate. According to a report from Web MD, overuse of proton pump inhibitors, which have been linked to a variety of side effects, including bone fractures, may reduce their risk-benefit […]

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