Consumer News Stories
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. has voluntarily recalled one lot of RIOMET ER™ (metformin hydrochloride for extended-release oral suspension) .
- Telehealth is having a moment that has been decades in the making.
- The FDA issued two allergy alerts for undeclared allergens in food products.
- The FDA issued a statement regarding a voluntary recall of albuterol inhalers sold by Perrigo Pharmaceutical Company.
- Boo! It's a surprise peanut allergy
- As people with high blood pressure have lost their health insurance, they have stopped taking their medications. The number of those who have hypertension and don't know it has increased as well.
- Two large studies that looked at whether permanent hair dye raises the risk of cancer came away with similar, and not-so-similar, results.
- New ranking places Hawaii at top of the list for healthiest state, with Mississippi at the bottom.
- Trials for 1 of the 9 contenders for a COVID-19 vaccine have been halted after a participant in AstraZeneca's vaccine trial fell ill.
- The proportion of patients filling their opioid prescriptions post-surgery increased between 2014 and 2017, a new study shows.
- Reports of teenagers taking Benadryl for recreational use has worried doctors and parents alike.