Another major study on the possible carcinogenic effects of chemical hair straighteners has linked their regular use to increased uterine cancer rates, particularly in Black women. Researchers who conducted the Boston University Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) found that postmenopausal women who used hair-relaxing products…
The manufacturers of a popular drug effective at treating opioid use disorder (OUD) are facing lawsuits from patients who say it gave them severe, often permanent dental problems. Suboxone, a brand-name prescription drug administered via a film placed under the tongue, contains buprenorphine and naloxone.…
Two years ago, Philips Respironics was forced to recall millions of its machines designed to help patients with breathing issues. The products included ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure (Bilevel PAP, BiPAP, or BPAP) machines, and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines. CPAP lawsuits continue to…
Panera Bread is facing lawsuits over it’s “Charged Lemonade” beverages. The first lawsuit was filed by the parents of a 21-year-old college student who died after drinking one of the restaurant chain’s heavily caffeinated lemonade drinks. Sarah Katz, a promising University of Pennsylvania junior, had…
Hundreds of thousands of earplug lawsuits have been filed against global manufacturing giant 3M over their Combat Arms earplugs, alleging that a design flaw caused hearing damage or loss in countless active duty troops and veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2019, the cases were…
The opioid crisis has devastated families across the world and caused preventable deaths. Drug overdoses have taken more than a million lives since 1999, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Purdue Pharma, a pharmaceutical company worth billions of dollars, faces…