Author: Justin Lane

The dietary supplement, OxyElite Pro, made by USPLabs is ending distribution of the pill in response to an extremely high number of cases of liver failure, accord to Hawaii News Now. The company has stated that it’s not aware of any connection between their supplements and liver failure but are investigating the issue further in coordination with the FDA and CDC. The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is actively investigating 29 cases of acute hepatitis and liver failure that have occurred there since May of this year. As of this time, the public is being advised to discontinue use...

The current government shutdown has underscored a tone that has resonating through halls of congress and growing in volume for going on 30 years now. That tone hums into the ears and comes out as the cackling and bantering of politicians and political leaders unwilling to compromise, rises to an overwhelming din and before long, nothing but static and confusion can be heard. National media serves a purpose in the American public discourse. It is important to a democracy and helpful to citizens. In a Gallup poll from earlier this year, Americans’ confidence and trust in mainstream media maintained...

Continuing the debate over the controversial product known as electronic cigarettes, vaporizers, members of the European Parliament unilaterally rejected plans to regulate e-cigarettes as medicinal products. The effect of which would have changed the way the e-cigarettes were treated for taxing and regulation purposes. Currently, the use of e-cigarettes (“vaping”) indoors is not illegal. However, French lawmakers are considering making the practice illegal in response to the growing concern over the safety and efficacy of the devices.  The French Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, has also called for the cigarettes to be outlawed from being marketed to individuals 16...

Everyone’s favored punching bag, partisan politics, may be responsible for maintaining the shutdown, but it isn’t to blame for how we got here. To find the culprit, one need look no further than their nightly news. The last time the government shutdown was in 1996, under President Bill Clinton, and it lasted 26 days. At that time, the news of the shutdown came as a complete shock to the public. NBC News and the Wall Street Journal had taken a poll before it happened and only 13 percent of the population feared that the government would shut down as...

Transvaginal Mesh manufacturer, C.R. Bard (Bard) is currently facing allegations that it made false representations about the safety of its catheters and provided kickbacks to doctors. The manufacturer is being prosecuted under the False Claims Act as its practices may have resulted in Medicare and Medicaid overbilling. In this suit, Bard claims that the claims of William St. John LaCorte, the relator under the False Claims Act, are deficient and fail to provide factual support that the FDA staff and medical staff were not properly informed that the catheters they were selling exceeded the “French size.” “Failing to warn...