FDA & Prescription Drugs

• The Dangers Associated With Gardasil

  Brad Hewett | June 28, 2011 8:32 AM | 4 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  What is Gardasil? Gardasil is manufactured by Merck, Inc., and promoted as a cervical cancer vaccine. According to official product information, Gardasil is the only cervical cancer vaccine that...

• Where's the Beef? Apparently Not at Taco Bell

  Gray Ervin | January 25, 2011 8:32 AM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  When I was in high school, a group of friends and I would meet at Taco Bell at least three times a week. That was until another friend, who worked at Taco Bell, told us she had seen a box in the...

• Dannon Must Pay for Puffery

  Gray Ervin | December 20, 2010 2:29 PM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  The U.S. unit of French food giant Danone S.A. agreed to settle state and federal investigations into alleged false advertising about the health benefits of its Activia yogurt and DanActive dairy...

• Yaz Contraceptive Carries Higher Risks

  Brad Hewett | May 16, 2011 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  According to two new studies, the latest generation of birth control pills such as Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella pose a higher risk of blood clotting. The studies, published in the British Medical...

• Salmonella scare prompts wide product recall

  Mike Kelly | April 09, 2010 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- A wide array of food products are being recalled after traces of salmonella were discovered in a common ingredient, officials at the U.S. Food and Drug...

• Bayer Sued, Accused of Hiding Yaz Risk to Boost Sales

  Mike Kelly | October 09, 2009 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG, Germany’s largest drugmaker, was sued by two Pennsylvania pension funds and accused of misrepresenting the safety and effectiveness of the Yaz contraceptive to...

• FDA Releases Findings on ADHD Medications, Potential Link to Sudden Death in Healthy Children

  Will Parker | June 16, 2009 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  The FDA recently notified healthcare professionals that it is providing its perspective on data published in the American Journal of Psychiatry concerning the potential risks of stimulant...