News tagged with 'ALS'

Georgetown University discussed the potential for a conflict-of-interest between doctors and pharmaceutical companies that partially fund continuing-education for doctors.

After the Vioxx scandal, Congress approved a new law that forces the FDA to reveal post-approval safety information on new drugs and vaccines. Information on the first 26 drugs were posted this week.

A published study points to July as the worst month for surgeries and fatal medication errors. The problems were found at teaching hospitals, not nonteaching hospitals suggesting that new doctors may be to blame.

Take those Shrek glasses back to McDonald's for a full refund after an anonymous source informed a California congresswoman that they contained the metal cadmium. The government is issuing a recall for 12 million of the glasses.

Arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury were some of the heavy metals found in the 15 protein supplements tested by Consumer Reports.

Corexit hasn't been tested for its toxicity on wetlands, marine life or people, yet BP is dispensing the dispersant liberally in the Gulf of Mexico in a desperate effort to contain the massive oil spill. The EPA has given the company until midnight Thursday to stop using it.

AstraZeneca is fined $520 million for illegally marketing the anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel for uses not approved by the FDA, including for use among the elderly and adolescents.

Only one in five medication administrations was completely error-free finds this published Australian study. The culprit- interrutions.

Avastin is poised to become the number one best selling drug in 2014 thanks, in part, to patents expiring on Lipitor and Plavix.

Toyota is temporarily halting sales of the Lexus GX460 after Consumer Reports found it was unstable, slid and had the potential to roll.

Toyota's internal documents show that the company delayed in issuing a recall, instead blaming drivers and thick floor mats, while a company VP urged, "We have to come clean." A second fine is pending.

General Motors will install a brake override system in all newly manufactured vehicles, even though the auto maker has not had a problem with unintended acceleration like Toyota.

Toyota is facing a $16.4 million civil fine for withholding information about the sticky pedal problem from U.S. regulators for four months, while it continued selling cars.

The death toll from runaway accelerating Toyotas is now at 102, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

Toyota and the Department of Transportation engineers have been unable to replicate the conditions that caused a Prius to runaway on a San Diego freeway last Monday. Now the focus is on the Prius' owner.