Consumer Alerts

Regulators in the UK have launched an investigation to find out if people who have had metal-on-metal hip implants are at a higher risk of developing dementia or heart problems due to a defect in the design. The report follows a medical device alert announced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) last...

Elderly abuse is the intentional mistreatment or neglect of an elderly person by anyone with whom the victim has a reasonable expectation of trust that causes risk or harm in some way. Whether it is a one-time incident or repeated, there are multiple variations of elder abuse. A newer form of elderly abuse, specifically of...

The popular type 2 diabetes drug canagliflozin, which goes by the brand names Invokana, Invokamet, and Invokamet XR, creates an increased risk of leg and foot amputations according to a safety announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA released a safety alert last year acknowledging the possibility of Invokana risks, but...

A rare form of cancer associated with breast implants has been linked to nine deaths and hundreds of cases, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday. The agency had originally identified a possible association between breast implants and a rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) back in January...