A man by the name of Sandeep Barot has filed a proposed consumer protection class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer and distributor of dietary supplements that allegedly cause liver damage. See Barot v. USPLabs LLC et al., No. 1:14-cv-00562, complaint filed (D.N.J. Feb. 3, 2014).

The defendant companies are USPLabs, LLC (“USPLabs”) and General Nutrition

Seizures are potentially dangerous episodes resulting from abnormal neuronal activity in the brain.  Several medications have been created to prevent these episodes from occurring.  One such Anti-seizure medication is called Onfi, which is a schedule IV (CIV) oral antiepileptic.  Onfi has also been linked to some very harmful side effects, which has prompted the

On August 21st, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a Class-1 recall for Siemens MicroScan Synergies plus® and MicroScan® rapID/S plus Negative Panels, affecting “78,020 panels distributed in the US between 07/11/2011 and 08/02/2013.” (FDA)

These panels come as part of kits used by medical professionals to test a patient’s saliva or tissue

Cipro (ciprofloxacin), an antibiotic that has recently been linked to retinal detachment and other nerve disorders, came under fire last week as the US Food and Drug Administration rules that new warnings and usage guidelines be included on its packaging “to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy”[1] or, nerve