For patients who regularly cover up with sunscreen hoping to prevent sunburns, cancer, and other sun-related health problems, a new study published in JAMA Dermatology might have some worrisome news.…

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has narrowly voted to approve a Jardiance claim that the drug can decrease the risk of cardiovascular death. Jardiance (empagliflozin), an…

The FDA has issued a recent safety communication warning the public of the famous diabetes medicine canagliflozin. The safety issue was in relation to an ongoing  interim clinical trial that found…

The number of lawsuits filed against the long time corporate giant Johnson & Johnson continue to grow. Risperdal, an atypical anti-psychotic drug developed by Johnson & Johnson in an effort to…

In a report initially commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration, a 12 member panel of medical experts from the Institute of Medicine has recommended the U.S. government retire the…

It is estimated that there are currently more than 17,000 medical applications available for a Smart-phone, tablet computer or personal digital assistant. These apps can range from calorie counters to…

 A new  international study, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has  found the drug Chantix increased the risk of hospitalizations for heart problems by  72 percent. The study, analyzed…

In three unanimous votes, the six members of the FDA oncology drug panel voted that Avastin is ineffective, unsafe and should have its approval for breast cancer treatment withdrawn, citing…

The new regulations, which come into effect next year, will ban sunscreen manufacturers from claiming their products are waterproof or sweatproof because such claims are false,  officials have said. Instead,…

On July 22, 2010, the European Medicines Agency recommended restricting the use of modafinil. Doctors and patients should be advised to use the drug only for the treatment of narcolepsy…

After making deals and settling 200 lawsuits concerning the antipsychotic drug Seroquel a few weeks ago, AstraZeneca has now disclosed that agreements are in place to settle nearly 4,000 more…

The news of Avandia panelist Dr. Abraham Thomas confessing a potential conflict comes after another panelist Dr. David Capuzzi was discovered to be a paid speaker for GSK, the drug…

On Thursday a federal advisory panel unanimously voted that federal drug regulators should approve a medication to help prevent pregnancy if taken as late as five days after unprotected sex. …

The drug Seroquel has been under scrutiny along with its marketer, the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. The pharmaceutical company is the fourth in the past 3 years to admit to charges…

On Thursday the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has received over a thousand complaints in the past 10 years about medical radiation devices that are…

On April 7th the Eleventh Circuit Appellate Court upheld the decision made by a lower court in January of 2009 granting AstraZeneca’s summary judgment and dismissing the first product liability…