Category: Health

Lab error leads to thousands of cervical screening tests being reviewed

A laboratory run by Pathology First, working on behalf of Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust, are having to redo thousands of cervical screening tests for cancer after an error was discovered.

The samples affected, which were taken between April 2016 and September 2017 for women aged between 24 and 29 who had smear tests, as well as a number of women in their 60’s, are being re-screened independently.

The results held by the lab were classed as negative, but having had some 2,500 samples re-screened, 17 women have reportedly been invited for further assessments.
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Aquilon nebulisers – CE mark withdrawn and supply ceased, but many have remained on the market

Despite withdrawal of the CE safety marking for Aquilon series of nebulisers, manufactured by AFP Medical, the nebulisers have still been placed on the market. A number of devices may have been sold despite the withdrawal of the CE marking, which means the safety of the product cannot be guaranteed.

CE safety certification is vital for consumer and supplier confidence in a product, and when it comes to medical products, such approval – or withdrawal, as is the case here – can be even more important.
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UK government investigating the scale of harm caused by vaginal mesh implants

Our legal team have been assisting people in various situations involving harm caused by vaginal mesh implants.

The UK government review update is welcome news.

Years after the UK’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) investigated issues and decided against recalls and bans, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has suggested the surgery should be banned, and New Zealand have become the first country in the world to put an outright ban in place.
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Regulators demands HomeoLab change manufacturing process for teething products over inconsistent levels of deadly nightshade

Regulators sent a stern letter to HomeoLab listing the problems it discovered during a recent inspection at the homeopathic pharmaceutical manufacturer’s labs. It noted the company’s “significant violations” in the way it manufacturers infant products, which included the inconsistent use of the deadly poison belladonna; commonly known as deadly nightshade.
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NICE calls for U.K. surgery ban on vaginal mesh implants

The infamous mesh implants that’s sewn into vagina walls which has reportedly caused multiple injuries and excruciating pain for many women may now be finally banned for good in the U.K.

Those women who had the ‘minor’ routine surgery to help treat organ prolapses and mild incontinence, but then went on to suffer serious and painful complications has prompted the U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to recommend that the implants shouldn’t be used in treatment any more at all, only for research.

This is a change to previous NICE guidelines that were more about taking extreme precautions when using the mesh devices.
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80% of baby formula reportedly contains arsenic!

Scientific studies into baby food have allegedly found that a shockingly high-level of baby formulas tested contained arsenic.

To be precise, some 80%!

Arsenic poisoning is extremely serious as it can attack the blood cells and can be fatal. For a baby or an infant, the thought of them ingesting arsenic is literally horrifying. Not-for-profit organisation The Clean Label Project believes that the labelling of food and products should be completely transparent, and it was this organisation that reportedly tested a variety of baby foods, formulas, drinks and snacks for toddlers to see just what they contained.
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More allegations that Herbalife’s supplement products cause liver damage

In August 2017, a claim was filed by a woman against Herbalife on the basis that their products allegedly gave her liver damage. The claimant alleges that after taking their supplementary products for six years, she has sustained irreversible liver damage and will need to undergo a transplant.

The lawsuit alleges that Herbalife,”never warned her the ingredients can build up to toxic levels.” It continues to assert that, “Herbalife’s description of the products as safe and healthy when used in compliance with Herbalife’s usage guidelines was false.”
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