A study of women who have been implanted with the permanent contraceptive implant Essure has concerning results, according to The New York Times. Over 52,000 women received sterilization procedures in hospitals and...
Author: Paul M. da Costa
Essure, the only permanent birth control option that does not require surgery, has been linked to some serious side effects that are not properly disclosed on the warning label, according to The Associated Press. ...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently issued a report warning about diagnostic errors and the minimal attention they receive. The report could not get a good count of the diagnostic errors or the frequency of serious...
The FDA issued a safety alert recently for repackaged drugs sold in syringes manufactured by Becton-Dickinson. Originally, the warning was only for the 3- and 5-mL syringes, but this month the warning has been...
GlaxoSmithKline published a study fourteen years ago that concluded that its antidepressant drug, Paxil, was safe for teenagers to consume. This week, the medical journal, BMJ, published a new interpretation of that...
