The FDA is now warning that azithromycin “may lead to a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm,” but also acknowledges that the antibacterial is just joining a longer list of drugs with cardiac side effects to be weighed carefully before prescription. Continue reading FDA Adds Antibiotic Azithromycin to List of Heart-Dangerous Meds
Blood donation comes with a ticking sound, a count of the roughly 42 days that whole blood can be banked before it’s no longer usable. Blood banks and hospitals are daily involved in a complex dance to move blood to where it’s needed.
If you are gay, of course, you can pay no attention to donating life-saving blood. Currently there’s a lifetime “deferral” for men who have at any time since 1977 had sex with other men. This is an FDA policy, nothing to do with your local blood bank. Continue reading How Long Until Gay People Can Give Blood?
After 20 cases of salmonella poisoning in Washington State, North Dakota, New Jersey, Montana, and Idaho, the FDA has issued a warning on alfalfa and spicy sprouts from Evergreen Produce, a Chicago, IL, distributor. The distributor has halted further sprouts distribution, but so far refused to recall its sprouts. Attorney Marler clearly thinks the FDA could exercise its authority for a mandatory recall in this case. Continue reading Will FDA Recall Suspected Salmonella-Packing Sprouts?
