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Poor care in a nursing home or other assisted-living facilities often has devastating consequences.
Tens of thousands of nursing home residents are victims of abuse or neglect every year. This is …
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Tasigna is a chemotherapy drug prescribed to people with a certain type of blood cancer called Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML).
Ph+CML is a cancer of the blood …
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The most common way people are exposed to ethylene oxide (EtO) is through breathing it in. When the chemical is inhaled in small amounts, it can be easily removed through urine or feces within two to …
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This summer, residents of Willowbrook, Illinois learned that a company in their town has been negligently releasing high concentrations of a toxic gas for over 30 years.
The toxic gas, ethylene …
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) keeps an electronic database that lists the cancer-causing potential of different substances. The EPA first classified ethylene oxide (EtO) as a possible …
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In April 2018, the FDA took a unique move to restrict the sale of Essure. Now, only those health care providers who promise to give patients information about the risks and benefits of the device …
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Since its FDA approval in 2002, Essure, manufactured by Bayer, has had risks and side effects that women weren’t adequately warned about.
The device received the FDA’s Black-Box warning in 2016 …
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a technique used to take detailed pictures of a person’s soft tissues, like the brain, muscles, and nerves. The technique uses a powerful magnet, radio waves, and …
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Independence Day is one of the most-traveled holidays of the year. Drivers should be especially vigilant on this holiday and the weekends before and after it. With all the excitement surrounding this …
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When someone is drowning in the movies, Hollywood shows them waving their arms and calling out for help. In reality, drowning doesn’t always look like that. More often than not, a drowning person has …
