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Jun. 8, 06: Asthma Inhaler Type Could Boost Death Risk (Topic: Advair)
THURSDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- Adding to the ongoing controversy over a popular class of asthma inhaler medications, a new data review suggests the drugs may be dangerous. read more »
Jun. 7, 06: Guidant letter about risks never sent (Topic: Boston Scientific/ Guidant)
Newly unsealed court documents show Guidant Corp. drafted a letter warning doctors of a dangerous electrical malfunction in some of its devices designed to restore a normal heartbeat, but the letter ... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: Guidant never sent letter warning about devices: WSJ (Topic: Boston Scientific/ Guidant)
Newly released records show that Guidant Corp. drafted a letter last year to tell doctors about significant defects in the company's heart devices, but they were never sent, a report said on Wednesda... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: Guidant Letter About Risks Never Sent (Topic: Guidant Pacemakers)
Documents Show Guidant Letter About Defibrillator Risks Never Sent to Doctors read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE Inhibitors May Boost Birth Defects (Topic: ACE Inhibitors)
The FDA is encouraging women who are taking a class of drugs called ACE inhibitors, which lower blood pressure, to reconsider the use of those drugs before or during pregnancy. read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE Inhibitors Linked to Birth Defects (Topic: ACE Inhibitors)
Some blood pressure drugs previously thought to be safe when taken early in pregnancy now appear to substantially raise the risk of major birth defects, doctors say. Babies whose mothers took ACE inhi... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE inhibitors may raise birth defect risk (Topic: ACE Inhibitors)
When pregnant women take ACE inhibitor medication during their first trimester, the risk of the infants having major malformations is more than doubled, according to a study in this week's New Englan... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: New Study Finds Increased Risk of Birth Defects Related to First Trimester Use of ACE Inhibitors (Topic: ACE Inhibitors)
Infants born to mothers who took angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors during the first trimester of pregnancy had an increased risk of major congenital malformations compared with infants w... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE inhibitors linked to birth defects (Topic: ACE Inhibitors)
Some blood pressure drugs previously thought to be safe when taken early in pregnancy now appear to substantially raise the risk of major birth defects, doctors say. read more »
Jun. 7, 06: New Peril Is Seen in a Blood Pressure Drug (Topic: ACE Inhibitors)
Doctors are reporting that ACE inhibitors may cause birth defects if taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, as they do if taken in the second or third. read more »
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