Category: Health News
Whole Foods Chicken Salad Recalled for Missing One Important Ingredient
Whole Foods Market is recalling 440 pounds of “buffalo-style chicken salad” after it was found that the product actually contains tuna instead of chicken.
Water Births Infect 2 Babies With Legionnaires’ Disease
Two infants in Arizona who were born at home in birthing tubs were diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease in 2016, raising safety concerns about water births.
FDA: No Evidence Tattoo Removal Creams Work
Removing a tattoo is not easy. It is very painful and the risks include scarring and infection. There are a few ways to remove a tattoo — but don't waste your money on tattoo removal creams because there is no...
California Adds Roundup to List of Cancer-Causing Chemicals
The state of California will add the weed-killing chemical glyphosate in Monsanto's Roundup to a list of known carcinogens on July 7, 2017.
Invokana Doubles Diabetic Ketoacidosis Risk, Study Finds
The diabetes drug Invokana has been linked to a doubled increased risk of ketoacidosis (too much acid in the blood) compared to diabetes drugs in the DPP-4 inhibitor class, according to a study published in the New England Journal of...
Baby Food Sold at Target Recalled for Bone Fragment Contamination
Overhill Farms is recalling over 50,000 pounds of frozen chicken bites sold at Target stores across the U.S. because they may be contaminated with bone fragments.
Abilify Lawsuits for Gambling Addiction Centralized in MDL
The label on Abilify in Canada and Europe warned about uncontrollable urges to gamble and have sex as early as 2012 — but Americans were not warned until last year.
IVC Filter Lawsuit Filed in Philadelphia
Rex Medical and Argon Medical Devices have been sued by a woman who suffered through two unsuccessful IVC filter retrieval procedures because her filter tilted, embedded in her vein, penetrated her vein into her liver, and fractured off two wire...