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Children’s Liquid Cold, Allergy Medicine Recalled

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:49:09 +0000

WASHINGTON – More than 40 over-the-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medications are being recalled in the United States and 11 other countries because they don’t meet quality standards.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare issued the recall for children’s versions of Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl after consulting with the Food and Drug Administration.

The company is recalling the products because some did not meet required quality standards, the company said in a statement Friday. Some of the products recalled may have a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified on the bottle. Others may contain particles, while still others may contain inactive ingredients that do not meet internal testing requirements.

The company is advising consumers to stop giving the products to their children as a precautionary measure. The recall was not undertaken because of any adverse effects, the company said.

The medicines were made and distributed in the United States, and exported to Canada, the Dominican Republic, Dubai, Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Kuwait.

Details, including NDC numbers, are available by telephone at 1-888-222-6036 or on the Web at http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com.

Source: TheEagle.com

Health For All – “DANCING FOR THE HEALTH OF IT!”

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:20:57 +0000

Health For All is excited to announce DANCING FOR THE HEALTH OF IT. Join us for an entertaining evening where “celebrity” dance teams will compete for bragging rights at this one-of-a-kind event!
DANCING FOR THE HEALTH OF IT will bring together 21 celebrity dance teams from across our community to compete for bragging rights and raise funds to help Health For All provide basic healthcare for low income, uninsured residents of the Brazos Valley.

The event will be held Friday, April 30th at the Brazos County Expo Center with dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. followed by the dance competition. Tickets are $50 per person or $1,000 for a table of 10. RSVP by April 23 at www.hlth4all.org or by calling 979-575-4496.

Celebrity dance teams include: Jerrod Johnson & “Surprise Dancer”; Donnis Baggett & Beverly Brown; David & Julia Gardner; Gene & Kathy Joyce; Celia Goode-Haddock & Bill Haddock; Ron & Katie Fox; Saysha Kovacevich & Marty Cangelose; Scott DeLucia & Jacque Flagg; Clay & Stacy Riebe; Mary & David Stasny; Jordan Meserole & Alli (from Candy 95’s “ Morning Candy”); Danny Ballard & Nkrumah Dixon; David & Catherine Childers; Jeff & Amanda Mann; Todd & Sally Matthews; Shane McAuliffe & Meredith Stancik; Cal & Beth McNeil; Shawn & Nicole Ponzio; Clayton & Jana Rhoades; Barry & Angie Solcher; Stephen & Allyson Wright; Eddie Coulson & Lauren Osborne.

The judges will be: Mike Cargill; Janna Joerns; K. O. & Dee (from “The Mix Morning Show”). Rick Hill will be the Master of Cerimonies.

Health For All is a nonprofit clinic in Bryan that serves thousands of low income, medically uninsured patients every year. Our clinic provides free doctor visits, pharmaceuticals, lab tests, X-rays, education and counseling to low income residents of the Brazos Valley who do not have health insurance and do not qualify for government programs such as Medicaid, Medicare or county indigent funds. By providing an alternative to expensive emergency room visits by the uninsured, Health for All saves area hospitals and taxpayers over $116,000 per week (more than $6,000,000 per year).

For more information about Health For All, call Derek Dictson at 979-575-4496 or e-mail at ED@hlth4all.org.

Source: http://www.hlth4all.org/AboutUs/NewsandUpdates/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/38/Health-For-All-Introduces-DANCING-FOR-THE-HEALTH-OF-IT

Menopause Drugs and Hormones

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:04:55 +0000

Today the New York Times ran a story on menopause drug companies that are being sued for false information and potential cause of cancer. It is an interesting read as the evidence is not so much facts as theory. And if you know the medical field well, then you know it is always theory and not fact. Even a study is outdated 6 months later, a clinical trial is always under fire, and doctor recommended is as easy to get as milk at the store.

The lawsuits may have validity, and in no way do we not take this lightly, but the questions came up for us about trust. In the medical commercials, advertisements, and marketing, when do they go from a suggestion to a trusted product? How can “the best” easily in our mines be synonymous with “cure”? There is alot of money to be had, and in small writing they always say is not a cure, is not full proof and has lots of side effects. So why do we ever take medications with such high expectations? Have we really been lied to about these things or do we as a society have a lie we tell ourselves?

I am beginning to think that no matter how up front and honest a company tries to be the end result is, it will not work for all people, and in some cases have a negative effect. And we can bring negative effects on ourselves by taking on a lot of medications for symptoms that are not life threatening. We need to reevaluate why we take what we do and if we even need too. We are too quick take large amounts of medicine to stop the symptoms one day earlier, if it was the medicine at all that stop it.

Let us be careful what we put our trust in to and our expectations in medicine. It is not all bad, it is just not all a cure.