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When a person inhales respirable crystalline silica, or RCS, the particles get lodged into the lungs and cause inflammation and scarring. With enough exposure, it can cause death.

In the study, among the group with diabetes who received a NAION diagnosis, 8.9% of those took medication with semaglutide, while 1.8% took a different medication for their diabetes.

For a while now, Stryker has had issues with some of its hip replacement artificial implants. One troublesome type in particular has been the LFIT V40 series. Specifically, in some of these Stryker hips corrosion forms where the femoral head connects with the femoral stem. This would often lead to taper lock failure, or a…

Not all artificial hips fail. Many total hip replacement surgeries are successful. Unfortunately, artificial hips, particularly “metal-on-metal” hips, have “failed” at a rate much higher than previous artificial hip systems, whose components typically consisted of a combination of metals, plastics, and ceramics. The metal-on-metal design placed a metal ball or head directly into a metal…

Senators have sent a letter to the GAO asking them to update the 2011 report by investigating the FDA’s oversight of medical device recalls and identify ways the process could be improved.

The label for Ozempic has received multiple updates. Since it was introduced, Ozempic has gone through five label changes, but has not included a warning about gastroparesis.

You’ve probably heard about the blockbuster drug, Ozempic. Maybe you’re already taking it or perhaps you were just watching the Oscars earlier this year. Either way, it’s hard to not know about Ozempic and its growing popularity to not just treat type 2 diabetes, but also weight loss. As helpful as Ozempic is to lower…

Horizon Therapeutics (Horizon) makes a drug called Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw). It is a relatively new drug approved by the FDA to treat the symptoms of Thyroid Eye Disease (TED). These symptoms include bulging of the eyes, swelling, eye pain, double vision and redness of the eyes. TED is a rare medical condition involving inflammation of the…

It’s been a few months since President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (CLJA) into law. I’ve written several posts discussing this new law, but none of those posts have gone into detail about how and why the drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune caused so much harm to…

From at least August 1, 1953 to December 31, 1987, many of the Camp Lejeune base residents were likely exposed to toxic chemicals from the drinking water. And this exposure has potentially led to a variety of serious medical problems, including several cancers, some causing death.