Category Archives: Cancer

Coke, Pepsi make changes to avoid cancer warning

By doris | Published: May 16, 2012

Full Story at USATODAY.com Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label. The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their [...]

Also posted in Business, Coca-Cola, Food, Pepsi, Warning | Leave a comment

Jailed for $280: The return of debtors’ prisons

By doris | Published: April 23, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (MoneyWatch) How did breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay end up behind bars? She didn’t pay a medical bill — one the Herrin, Ill., teaching assistant was told she didn’t owe. “She got a $280 medical bill in error and was told she didn’t have to pay it,” The Associated Press reports. [...]

Also posted in Arrested, Bill, Health, Law, Medical, United States | Leave a comment

US warns of cancer-agent in Japan weight loss pills

By doris | Published: April 4, 2012

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers not to take a product called “Japan Rapid Weight Loss Diet Pills” because they contain a suspected cancer-causing agent. The pills, advertised as promoting weight loss, are distributed by a company called Xiushentang and sold on popular web sites including Amazon.com, said [...]

Also posted in America, drugs, FDA, Japan | Leave a comment

Hospitals scramble to get scarce kids’ cancer drug

By doris | Published: February 18, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com An Ohio drugmaker began releasing limited supplies of a crucial medication to treat childhood leukemia Thursday, sending hospital pharmacists facing life-threatening shortages scrambling for their share. Jerrod Milton, chief of pharmacy at Children’s Hospital of Colorado, was among those first in line as Ben Venue Laboratories began accepting new orders for [...]

Also posted in Children, drugs, Hospital | Leave a comment