Poisoned Cough Syrup Killed Kids. Authorities Cut the Investigation Short
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHA News: Flu-Related Myocarditis Is Rare But Can Be Fatal, as Ohio Family Learned
MONDAY, July 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Last December, during the week before winter break, Abbie Hauler caught the flu. She had a deep cough and began complaining of chest pain. Her mother, Angie Hauler, told her to stay home and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Drug regulator to issue warning against Pholcodine in cough syrups
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had earlier issued a safety alert warning regulators around the world about the potential dangers of pholcodine use. The matter regarding the use of Pholcodine containing cough and cold remedies and risk of perioperative was deliberated by the drug regulator's Subject Expert committee (SEC) in a meeting held last month. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - July 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Tesla ordered to cough up data for Autopilot probe or face heavy fines
An investigation by America's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) into the safety of Tesla Autopilot has led to a threat of fines if Elon Musk's electric car company doesn't hand over the data requested. If Tesla doesn't comply with the order in the NHTSA's July 3 letter [PDF],…#nhtsa #teslaautopilot #elonmusk #tesla #pdf #register #autopilot (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccination Is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs — Experts
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Jul 6 2023 (IPS) The first thing you notice about eight-month-old Manahil Zeeshan is how tiny she looks on the adult-size hospital bed at the government-run Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) in Korangi, a neighbourhood in Karachi.
Her right foot is taped with a cannula, and she whimpers incessantly. “I have been in and out of the hospital for the last seven days,” said Uzma Mohammad, Zeeshan’s mom, with worry lines...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Africa Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequality Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news
Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
Cecilia Menjivar, a tortilla maker in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, takes a break from cooking corn in a pot that is one meter high and 50 centimeters in diameter, heated by a wood stove. Many women in urban and rural areas run these small businesses, aware of the damage to their health caused by the smoke, but the economic situation forces them to use firewood, which is much cheaper than liquefied gas. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala / IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador , Jul 4 2023 (IPS) Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Energy Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categori Source Type: news
Soon you may need doctor's prescription for cough syrups
The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), India's apex drug advisory body, in its meeting last month was also considering a proposal for exempting dried Ivy leaf extract sugar free cough syrup from the requirements of a prescription. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The products you didn't know contained aspartame, from mouthwash to cough medicine
A 'possibly carcinogenic' sweetener is found in thousands of food, drinks and medicines. Added to low calories foods to make them more palatable, it is not only found in yoghurt but vitamin gummies too. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Views of a Cough: From TB to Hope for Parkinson's New Views of a Cough: From TB to Hope for Parkinson's
Scientists are revealing new secrets of the reflex that protects our lungs, spreads disease, and irritates us all.Knowable Magazine (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - June 29, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Doctors discover girl's " chronic cough " was a toothpaste cap in her lung
A little girl's extended and unexplained cough was found to have a very strange cause after she was taken to hospital. The 7-year-old, from Encarnación in Paraguay, had been coughing for 20 days straight for no apparent reason. When doctors at the Hospital Regional de Encarnación examined her via…#encarnación #paraguay #paraguayan #pediatrics (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Indian Firm Used Toxic Industrial-Grade Ingredient in Syrup Indian Firm Used Toxic Industrial-Grade Ingredient in Syrup
The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Indian firm Marion Biotech used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup: Sources
Indian manufacturer Marion Biotech used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient, propylene glycol (PG) which is a toxic material widely used in products such as detergents and antifreeze, instead of the pharmaceutical version in cough syrups that were said to have poisoned 19 children in Uzbekistan. The company purchased the ingredient from trader Maya Chemtech India, which did not have a license to sell pharmaceutical-grade materials. Marion also failed to test the ingredient before using it in the syrups. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
More India-made cough and cold syrups under WHO lens
"To date this situation has impacted more than 20 products with two countries of origin (India& Indonesia) and more than 15 different manufacturers," WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told ET. All the products are syrup-based such as paracetamol, cough, and vitamins. WHO added that though the investigations in the impacted countries are ongoing, a link has not yet been established. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
More India-made cough & cold syrups under WHO lens
"To date this situation has impacted more than 20 products with two countries of origin (India& Indonesia) and more than 15 different manufacturers," WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told ET. All the products are syrup-based such as paracetamol, cough, and vitamins. WHO added that though the investigations in the impacted countries are ongoing, a link has not yet been established. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Seven medicines manufactured in India flagged ‘toxic’ by WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, confirmed the development in an email to The Indian Express. The twenty medicines in question were made by 15 manufacturers from two countries- India and Indonesia. These include syrups, cough medicine, paracetamol, or vitamins. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
