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Awareness and consciousness, including recalled experience of death, have been identified for the first time using brain monitors to identify markers of consciousness and mental activity according to new evidence reported in the journal Resuscitation. The researchers led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in cooperation with 25 mostly US and British hospitals reported that …
According to the FDA press release, Medtronic Recalls Cobalt XT, Cobalt and Crome ICDs and CRT-Ds for Risk that Devices May Issue a Short Circuit Alert and Deliver Reduced Energy Shock During High Voltage Therapy. The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. The use of these …
According to a Safety Summary Alert, the FDA has announced that Lupin Pharmaceuticals is recalling multiple lots of two different medications, irbesartan tablets and irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, used to treat hypertension. The reason for the recall is the potential presence of unacceptable levels of N-nitrosoirbesartan, a contaminant associated with cancer. At this time, there …
While we sleep, the brain produces particular activation patterns. When two of these patterns — slow oscillations and sleep spindles — gear into each other, previous experiences are reactivated. The stronger the reactivation, the clearer will be our recall of past events, a new study reveals. Scientists have long known that slow oscillations (SOs) and …
According to the FDA, a “drug is removed from the market when its risks outweigh its benefits. A drug is usually taken off the market because of safety issues with the drug that cannot be corrected, such as when it is discovered that the drug can cause serious side effects that were not known at …
According to Harvard Health Publishing not all memory issues are a cause for concern, some degree of memory lapse is just a normal part of the ageing process, and it’s just not realistic to expect to retain all of the information that you have attended throughout your life. At some point in their lives, everyone …
Initially only applied to red onions, the FDA recall has been expanded to include white, yellow, and sweet onions as well. It may be best to check your fridge to make sure that any onions you have are not part of a large recall issued by the FDA over concerns of salmonella contamination. The agency …
In a recent update the FDA is warning that they are seeing a steep increase in the amount of hand sanitizer products that have been testing positive for methanol contamination, which can be toxic when absorbed through the skin and life threatening if ingested. The FDA’s warning listing of such products has been expanded to …
The FDA has issued warnings about several typical hand sanitizers that you can find in stores. The warnings highlight why you should never use a sanitizer if you are not certain if it has been independently certified as being safe and free of toxic chemicals. In this updated alert the FDA is warning against the …
The US FDA is recommending a voluntary recall of certain extended release versions of metformin after testing revealed excessive levels of NDMA in some of these products. Metformin is the most commonly prescribed drug to treat type 2 diabetes. The NDMA contaminant has the potential to be carcinogenic if there is exposure to above acceptable …