drugs

Save Mart pays $1.6 million in expired food, drugs settlement

California-based Save Mart Supermarkets agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle accusations it sold items after the “use by” date. The civil complaint was filed in Yolo County Superior Court by district attorney’s offices in San Joaquin, Solano, El Dorado,…

NY college freshman, 19, dies after taking just one Percocet — that was really fentanyl

A 19-year-old college freshman from New York died of a fentanyl overdose after taking just one pill she believed to be Percocet, according to her grieving family. Paige Gibbons, of Pittsford, was attending Hobart and William Smith Colleges with dreams…

The Pill destroyed my life – I was consumed by rage and couldn’t look in mirror

A WOMAN claims the contraceptive pill left her so “nasty and rude” it destroyed her life. Katy Russell says it ruined friendships, disrupted her relationship with her boyfriend, and saw her given the nickname ‘Rowdy Russell’. Katy Russell says contraception…

Use of Meropenem drug can cause adverse reactions: Health ministry panel

Widely used life-saving antibiotic Meropenem manufactured by Pfizer and other leading pharmaceuticals firms, can have adverse reactions, the Union government’s Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has found, and advised doctors and patients to be careful while using the drug. The Union…

Groundbreaking New Study Reveals That Statins Could Prevent Cancer

A recent study from Mass General Cancer Center reveals that statins might block a pathway involved in cancer development due to chronic inflammation, showing promise in preventing cancers associated with environmental toxins, particularly in the skin and pancreas. Research findings…

Man forced to eat just 1 meal a day ‘terrified’ he’ll die due to drug shortage

A GRANDPA has been forced to eat just one meal a day to make his lifesaving medicine last, as the UK faces a major shortage of the drug. Paul Elcombe, 62, from Kent, takes Creon three times a day to help…

An obscure drug discount program stifles use of federal lifeline by rural hospitals • Kansas Reflector

Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix a federal program created to keep lifesaving services in small towns nationwide. In Anamosa, Iowa — a town of fewer than 6,000…

Women are worried about ‘Ozempic face’ says nutritionist Rose Ferguson

 Celebrity nutritionist says clients have been ‘freaking out’ about side effect  People with ‘Ozempic face’ can appear gaunt, with sunken eyes and saggy skin  Robbie Williams and Sharon Osbourne have been seen with facial weight loss Celebrity nutritionist Rose Ferguson…

Zantac didn’t cause 89-year-old woman’s cancer, jury says in first trial over drug

A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands of lawsuits making similar allegations. The jury in Cook County, Ill. circuit court…

Beyond Traditional Diet Pills: Groundbreaking New Weight Loss Drug Is More Effective Than Current Treatments

By University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences May 19, 2024 Associate Professor Christoffer Clemmensen from the University of Copenhagen has developed a new type of weight-loss drug that uses the hormone GLP-1 to deliver neuroplasticity-modulating…