Essure Complaints Prompt FDA Warning

If a medical device injures thousands of women and causes hundreds of fetal deaths, how do you think the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should react? Most people would answer: take the device off the market until it’s proven to be safer. Unfortunately, that’s...
Xarelto: Is Fatal Bleeding as Rare as the FDA Says?

Xarelto: Is Fatal Bleeding as Rare as the FDA Says?

Xarelto: Is Fatal Bleeding as Rare as the FDA Says? More than thirteen million people have been prescribed Xarelto since it was introduced in 2011. Along with Pradaxa and Eliquis, it has quickly replaced Coumadin as one of the most commonly prescribed blood thinners....