MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'health products'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326902&cid=t_186623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-energy-drink%2F2011.01.09 By Scott Gavura, BScPhm, MBA, RPh for Science-Based Medicine My stimulant of choice is coffee. I started drinking it in first-year university, and never looked back. A tiny four-cup coffee maker became my reliable companion right through graduate school. But since I stopped needing to drink a pot at a time, an entirely new category of products has appeared — the energy drink. Targeting students, athletes, and others seeking a mental or physical boost, energy drinks are now an enormous industry: From the first U.S. product sale in 1997, the market size was $4.8 billion by 2008, and continues to grow. (1) My precious coffee effectively has a single therapeutic ingredient, caffeine. Its pharmacology is well documented, and the physiologic effects are understood. The safety data isn’... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326902 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:00:48 +0100 4326902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467777&cid=t_186623_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F25%2Ffdas-mommys-bliss-nipple-cream-warning-disappears%2F On Friday, the FDA issued a warning about Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream (as Christine at OBOS noted), “because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory distress or vomiting and diarrhea in infants.” The FDA warned consumers not to use the product (intended for nursing mothers), explaining: Potentially harmful ingredients in Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream are chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol. Chlorphenesin relaxes skeletal muscle and can depress the central nervous system and cause respiratory depression (slow or shallow breathing) in infants. Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that is primarily used in cosmetics and medications. It also can depress the central nervous system and may cause vomiting and diarrhea, which can lead to dehydra... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467777 Mon, 26 May 2008 01:53:54 +0100 1467777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1294724&cid=t_186623_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F249641256%2F Leiner Health Products is considering the sale of its US business after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and receiving $74 million in financing to continue operating, according to a statement by the private-label manufacturer. For now, the cash infusion will help cover operations and fulfill shipments. “Although we have already taken many steps to address the challenges that arose following our March 2007 decision to voluntarily suspend OTC operations by streamlining our operations and manufacturing footprint, these actions were not enough to offset the cost of our substantial debt obligations,” Rob Reynolds, Leiner’s ceo and president, says in the statement. Leiner supplies OTC, store-brand drugs and vitamins to several of the nation’s biggest retailers, inc... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1294724 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:01:00 +0100 1294724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1196579&cid=t_186623_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F02%2Fsaturday-news-round-up-2208%2F February has many health observances worth noting: -It’s American Heart Month, and yesterday was “Wear Red for Women” day as part of the Heart Truth campaign focused on women’s heart health. -February 2-11 is National Condom Week. Buy one, give one, y’all. -February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. -February 24-March 1 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. -The CDC reports on unexplained neurologic illnesses among workers in a pig slaughterhouse in Minnesota, calling it “Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy” and releasing a preliminary case definition. -The FDA released a public health advisory on the smoking cessation drug Chantix after reviewing reports of “changes in behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal ideatio... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1196579 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:03:37 +0100 1196579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162406&cid=t_186623_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F19%2Fcontraceptive-patch-label-updated-to-address-blood-clot-risks%2F The label for the contraceptive patch Ortho Evra was updated yesterday as a result of a study that suggested that women using the patch were at higher risk of serious blood clots than women using birth control pills. In 2005, the label was updated to note that women using the patch seem to be receiving higher levels of estrogen than those using the pill, and so may have increased risks. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has a good overview of deep vein thrombosis (a kind of blood clot mentioned in the updated label), including causes, risk factors, symptoms to watch out for, prevention, and other topics, as well as on pulmonary embolism, when the clot travels to the lungs. (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162406 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:23:52 +0100 1162406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=966858&cid=t_186623_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F21%2Fdont-work-on-crime-just-be-a-vending-machine%2F In a recent post about the blame female victims of crime incur, Aunt B made an excellent point (emphasis mine): I mean, please, do you see how insidious this is, and kind of gross? It assumes that there are rapists out there, determined to rape, and that there’s no solution to the problem of all these rapists except for women, “sensible women,” as Brooks puts it, being willing to curtail their lives. But this does nothing to actually lessen the incidents of rapes, because all you’re doing is playing this game where you try to make yourself look like less of an easy target than someone else. “Don’t rape me; rape her or her or her.”   Rape incidents are reduced not by women hiding in their houses, afraid to do normal things, but by rapists not raping. A vivid illustration ... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=966858 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:38:20 +0100 966858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=894337&cid=t_186623_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F160233399%2F Leiner Health Products, which is one of the biggest suppliers of OTC store-brand drugs and vitamins was accused of falsifying and manipulating test results at its Fort Mill, SC, manufacturing plant, according to an affidavit filed Friday with the U.S. District Court in Columbia, The Charlotte Observer reports. The FDA also says Lenier should have immediately recalled several drugs during the past two years after the company’s own testing raised doubts about expiration dates, and the agency is investigating whether the Lenier committed criminal violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the affidavit states. You can see a list of Lenier products if you click here, and to read about North Castle Partners, which owns the company, look here. Several tests conducted by Lenier since Au... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=894337 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:03:22 +0100 894337