AbioMed has issued several Impella Heart Pump recalls in recent years over the potential for the devices to cause heart wall tears and life-threatening bleeding events, among other injuries.
While providing only limited benefits, researchers indicate that the use of NSAID pain relief medications have cost residents of the UK thousands of years of good health and millions in additional healthcare costs
N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) is a toxic solvent that may pose serious side effects, leading regulators to indicate it will be banned from uses where safer alternatives are available, or there is no way to prevent excessive exposure.
Findings come amid continuing concerns about the overuse of antipsychotics for dementia patients in long-term care facilities, which is considered a form of "chemical restraint" or nursing home abuse.
Cardiology experts have linked the Impella heart pump to a four-fold risk of worsening heart conditions and kidney problems.
Side effects of Humira, Remicade and similar rheumatoid arthritis drugs reduced kidney functioning in many IBD patients, making them equivalent to kidneys found in much older patients
Study comes amid growing concerns about the over-reliance on Nexium, Prilosec and other PPI drugs, and after the drug makers paid millions to settle lawsuits over failure to warn about the kidney damage risks.
Properly identifying patients at higher risk of transmission increases the benefits of prescribing certain HIV drugs as prophylactics, researchers determined.
The findings come as manufacturers of Nexium, Prilosec and similar heartburn drugs face a growing number of lawsuits over kidney damage
The study also warns too much oxygen during surgery can lead to strokes or death.
