Allergan Inc’s popular Botox treatment for wrinkles has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults suffering from an overactive bladder who can’t use or don’t positively respond to drugs prescribed for this condition. When Botox is injected into a patient’s bladder muscle, it relaxes the bladder via muscle relaxation, increases [...] Read more…
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency & King’s Processing Ltd. have warned the public against eating certain sandwich products as they could contain Listeria. The Circle K & Sub Delicious brand products that include sandwiches, wraps, subs, burgers, bagels and breakfast muffins, bearing Canada 514 legend, have been recalled over possible listeria concerns. The products from the Kings [...] Read more…
Experts say though flip-flops & baseball caps are inexpensive, convenient & have a casual charm, they may pose a hidden skin cancer risk. Researchers from Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill, say most skin cancers develop on the parts of a person’s body that are constantly exposed to the sun. Flip-flops expose the tips of [...] Read more…
Drug stores in France & Germany have pulled Actos off their shelves after a study found the diabetes drug raised the risk of bladder cancer. The French Medicines Agency has banned Actos as well as Competact, a pill that combines Actos & metformin and has advised doctors not to prescribe the drug to patients. German health officials [...] Read more…
PHILIPPINE health authorities ordered a huge recall of Taiwanese food & drink products because of fears that DEHP – a harmful chemical could have contaminated them. The Philippine Food & Drug Administration recalled over 300 different products following Taipei’s statement that a chemical called DEHP may have illegally been added to them. DEHP is generally used in [...] Read more…
