Blog Posts in March, 2011
Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Jackson Allen & Williams
The April 2011 issue of AAP News, the Official Newsmagazine of the American Academy of Pediatrics includes an article warning of the link between Topamax and birth defects such as cleft lip and cleft ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2011 By Jackson Allen & Williams
On March 23, 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a warning about the dangers of "button batteries". According to the CPSC, the small, coin-sized batteries found in thousands of ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Jackson Allen & Williams
On March 4, 2011, the FDA announced that the anti-epilepsy drug topiramate would be switched pregnancy category C to pregnancy catergory D. The FDA classifies drugs through an alphabetical category ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2011 By Jackson Allen & Williams
According to the Booster Shots blog on latimes.com, a new study has found that children who wear, mouth or swallow inexpensive jewelry items may be exposed to high levels of cadmium. In the study, ...
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