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Bayer, the manufacturer of the Essure permanent birth control system, recently announced it will stop all U.S. sales of the drug at the end of the year. Thousands of Essure lawsuits have been filed against Bayer by women who claim their Essure birth control…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging parents to immediately stop using homeopathic teething tablets containing belladonna because they pose an unnecessary risk to infants and children. The agency has confirmed that certain homeopathic…

On Jan. 11, Volkswagen agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay $4.3 billion in criminal and civil penalties to settle its diesel emissions scandal in which 590,000 U.S. vehicles were equipped with defeat devices to cheat emissions…

In December 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a safety communication confirming that the use of the type 2 diabetes medicine pioglitazone may be linked to an increased risk of bladder cancer. Pioglitazone is marketed as Actos,…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will allow auto giant General Motors (GM) to delay its recall of suspected defective Takata airbags. GM will now have the opportunity to prove that the Takata airbags in its vehicles are safe…

A veteran Volkswagen engineer entered a guilty plea last week to a criminal charge for his participation in the automaker’s emissions scandal, bringing to light new information regarding Volkswagen’s deceitful practices over the past decade. Court documents…

A Jeep in St. Petersburg went up in flames on Sept. 5 after it appears that the owner’s Galaxy Note7 smartphone exploded while charging in the vehicle. The Jeep was parked in the driveway of the man’s home and was left running so the cellphone could…

Gordon & Partners is currently investigating claims and complaints on behalf of Sixt Rent a Car consumers who believe they were scammed and ripped off by Sixt. Some consumers claim that Sixt Rent a Car charged excessive fees, charged for damage to a rental…

A new study has found that the use of pregabalin during pregnancy could increase birth defect risks. The risks for developing defects were three times higher among women taking pregabalin during their first trimester than women not taking anti-seizure…

Statin drugs prescribed for high cholesterol have been shown to cause painful side effects including muscle pain and a condition known as rhabdomyolysis, which eats away at muscle tissue. Previous research on the effects of statins was contradictory,…