Graco stroller recall: Graco, one of the top manufacturers of children’s care products with a history of over 60 years, has announced the voluntary recall of about 2 million strollers sold between 2000 and 2007 due to risk of strangling children, especially if they are not harnessed in them. The problem has led to loss of [...]
Halloween 2010 is almost here and because the celebrations usually include a lot of sweets, we’ll give you some great tips to make healthy, tasty treats. Let’s start with cookies. To avoid the dangers of cholesterol you should never use margarine, and you could also replace the butter with oils that are good for your [...]
Almost 128,000 bottles of Tylenol eight-hour caplets have been recalled on Monday after many consumers complained of the moldy odor from the bottle. The painkillers have been recalled throughout the day and consumers are asked to stop using Tylenol as a precaution. Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Tylenol painkillers released a statement saying that [...]
It’s the first day of October and this means this is the first day of the October National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The international health campaign was launched in 1985, 26 years ago and is organized by breast cancer charities each year. The main target of this campaign is to raise awareness and research funds [...]
Due to a number of various cutting and choking incidents, toys manufacturer Fisher-Price, subsidiary of Mattel, has decided to voluntarily recall a number of about 11 million toys from the market. The recall affects four categories of toys: tricycles, Baby Playzones, high chairs and Stand’n Play Rampways, about 50 products in all. The company offers [...]
Lyme disease is an extremely controversial subject in the medical field, a disease transmitted by the bite of a tick that might be far harder to treat than first believed. One of the main ways in which the disease is recognized is the bulls eye rash, a circular rash that usually appears at the site [...]
FDA Warning: The FDA announced that it will significantly restrict the use of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) to patients with Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their diabetes on other medications. These new restrictions are in response to data that suggest an elevated risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, in [...]
The National Take Back Day is this Saturday, a special action of the Drug Enforcement Administration that aims to determine people to take their unused, expired or unwanted medicines to one of the 4000 locations where they will collect them. You won’t need to identify yourself because the aim of the event is to take [...]
The FDA announced hat it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season in the United States. Seasonal influenza vaccine protects against three strains of influenza, including the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, which caused the 2009 pandemic. Last year because the 2009 H1N1 virus emerged after production began on the seasonal vaccine, two separate vaccines [...]
FDA Warning: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to take TimeOut Capsules because it contains an active drug ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure. The product is marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement. TimeOut is labeled as “100% natural” and consumers may mistakenly assume the product is harmless [...]