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One More Pharmaceutical Company Issues Recall of Blood Pressure Medication Due to Cancer Risks
Vivimed Life Sciences has recalled Losartan Potassium Tablets USP due to higher levels of a possible carcinogen than the Food and Drug Administration allows.
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Another Company Tacks on to National Recall of Popular Blood Pressure, Heart Drug Over Concern Concerns
Another company has expanded its recall of a prescription drug used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, marking the latest in a series of nearly two dozen recalls sweeping the country since last summer.
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Nationwide Recall of Popular Blood Pressure, Heart Drugs Expanded Over Cancer Concerns
A multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company has expanded its national recall of a prescription drug used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure for the fourth time since December after trace amount of a possible carcinogen were detected, federal officials announced Thursday.
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New Recall for Losartan Blood Pressure, Heart Disease Medication
Thousands of bottles of a prescription medicine for treating high blood pressure and congestive heart failure have been recalled over the detection of trace amounts of a possible carcinogen. About 56,000 bottles of losartan tablets were recalled by Camber Pharmaceuticals on Thursday, the latest in a series of losartan-related recalls. No one has reported any adverse affects from the drug...
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George and Barbara Bush, a ‘Storybook' 73-Year Marriage
They met at a Christmas dance. She was 16. He was 17. Three years later they were married. The couple stayed together for 73 years, becoming the longest-married couple in presidential history.
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Accord Healthcare Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets Used to Treat High Blood Pressure
Accord Healthcare Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Hydrochlorothiazide tablets USP, 12.5 mg, because of a labeling mix-up. The medication is used to treat high blood pressure.
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Wrestling Star Big Van Vader Announces He Has Less Than 2 Years to Live
WWE’s Leon White, known as Big Van Vader, announced Tuesday that he was given less than two years to live by his doctors. White announced the news in a tweet, in which he says, “I am only now allowing this as part of my reality.”
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Nancy Reagan Funeral Plans Set for Friday
Plans for a private funeral were set for Friday for Nancy Reagan, who died on Sunday of congestive heart failure at 94 in her Los Angeles home.