Peptide Surge Fuels Unregulated “Gray Market” Products
Public interest in injectable peptides has surged in recent years, driven in part by the popularity of GLP-1 receptor agonists such as Ozempic. More recently, interest has extended to a broader range of peptide compounds marketed for purposes like muscle growth, recovery, anti-aging and the management of various health conditions. This has given rise to […]
GLP-1 Drugs Named in Dozens of Lawsuits Alleging Permanent Vision Loss
Dozens of patients have filed personal injury lawsuits against GLP-1 manufacturers, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, alleging that the drugs caused permanent damage to their vision. The complaints, filed over the past year, point to a condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, which occurs when there is insufficient blood flow to the […]
Military Veteran Denied Organ Transplant in Ohio Over COVID Shot Status
An Ohio veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces battling congestive heart failure is fighting for his life and for change in heart transplant policies after being denied a heart transplant because he refused to get a COVID-19 shot. Fifty-four-year-old Ken Long was diagnosed with heart failure a year ago after falling ill during a family […]
Young Girl Denied Heart Transplant Over Refusal to Get COVID and Flu Shots
The mother of a 12-year-old girl said an Ohio children’s hospital denied her daughter a spot on an organ transplant list due to her vaccination status, specifically the COVID-19 and flu shots. The mother, Jeneen Deal, who is related to Vice President J.D. Vance’s half-siblings through marriage, adopted Adeline from China when she was just […]
Hospitals Give Pain Control Drugs to Women During Childbirth, Then Report Them for Illicit Drug Use
Fentanyl and other drugs administered by health care professionals during childbirth can show up in toxicology reports done on the mother or baby. Not only can this presence be shocking to mothers who do not realize the drugs have the ability to cross the placenta to reach their babies, but many women are being reported […]
Multiple Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Studies Retracted After Data Manipulation Detected
The reputation of the prestigious Harvard University-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts is at stake after seven studies were retracted from the medical literature and over 30 papers were subject to corrections due to errors. The allegations, which involve image duplications and manipulations in biomedical research, first surfaced in January 2024 when microbiologist […]